Villa reopens under ongoing doubts

Owner says he obtained license, brought end toillegal activities

Beijing - A once well-known luxury villa floating on the sea near Shenzhen will reopen soon as a fishing business, even though it was only recently scheduled to be demolished following revelations that the developer of the project had not obtained required licensing.

The twist in the villa's fate caught many by surprise. Rarely had the city's oceanic supervision authority changed its mind in so short a period.