Residents dig in over subway expansion

Work on the second phase of subway Line 10 started yesterday morning and was greeted with protests from angry residents who fear the project will endanger their homes.

More than 200 laborers wearing battle fatigues formed a human wall around the construction site in Yiyuanju, a large housing estate with more than 2,400 households near the West Third Ring Road. Inside, construction crews began excavating for the new subway line.

The cordon was in place to make sure disgruntled neighbors did not hold up the work.