China water resettlement: ‘Honest folk have lost out’

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A villager from Xichuan county relocated to Shuitianyang new village shows the cracks that opened up soon after he moved in to his new home. Photograph: The Guardian

Visitors to Wang Baoying’s new house must tread softly or they will frighten her son. The four-year-old boy is not afraid of strangers. He is terrified his home will fall down.

Read the full story on the Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/sep/09/china-water-resettlement

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