Well, the nail-houses have never gone anywhere, it’s more a matter of where the media has gone when they don’t cover them. I’m not saying
there ought to be round the clock coverage, just that the phenomenon is and always will be there. Here’s a picture of a store in Guangzhou:

"钉子户"小店坚守路中央 被称"最牛副食店"(图)_网易新闻中心 via kwout

Here’s another picture [...]

This recently published ranking is supposedly measures overall globalization, taken as some kind of composite of business activity, human capital, information exchange, cultural experience, and political engagement. New York, London, Paris, Tokyo and Hong Kong were the top 5. Beijing made it at #12, and Shanghai at #20.
Shanghai’s highest ranked aspect was business activity, [...]

These are some excerpts that I translated from the original article in Chinese.
人物周刊：现在有一个现象，就是在城郊结合部农村集体所有制的土地上，建起了很多村民建的房，一租30年，相当于商品房。许多城里人因为买不起城里的房子，会向那边流动，把外来务工者可以租住的农民房的价格又抬高了。
秦晖：对，这个是国际上贫民住房的一个非常重要的问题。实际上政府也没有驱赶穷人，但是贫民区住的人多，价格抬高，穷人住不起就都走掉了。这是市场经济带来的问题，我觉得还是要靠国家福利来解决。
NFZK: Recently there’s been a phenomenon of city people moving outwards towards the countryside, living in homes that were intended for migrant workers and peasants, raising the prices of real estate there.
Qin Hui: Yes, this is a very important international issue. It’s not [...]

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