China demolish building that is right in the middle of the road in China

A famous Shanghai "nail house" that has been blocking traffic on a wide road for 14 years has been demolished.

The residents had refused every offer since 2003 to move, saying the compensation was insufficient.

They have now agreed to a compensation package worth about 2.7m yuan ($412,000, £300,000), state media said.

"Nail houses" are common in fast-developing China. The term is used to describe them because they refuse to be hammered down.

In the case of the Shanghai building, it had stood in the way of a road development, forcing traffic on a wide four-lane road onto two lanes in order to bypass the house.

Source: BBC news.