• The houses surrounded... by cars and these are neither the floods due to the climate change or marine submersion. He regrets having refused an offer of 200,000 euros, his house is now surrounded by the highway... This is not the first time that a highway has been built around a house in China. Houses like Huang's, whose residents refuse to leave, are often called "dingzihu" or "nail houses". They have become a powerful symbol of resistance to the country's rapid growth... (7sur7.be)

The interview with the studded circle (auto-translated in English). Other examples in images. Dingzihu, not to be confused with a brothel or, for those who lock things up, with "my Aunt", the Mont de Piété officially Crédit Municipal, an institution that is tending to disappear.

The literary advice of La Bignole, a play inspired by a Chinese play by Li Qianfu, The Chalk Circle (Hui lan ji) and the judgment of Solomon.

The Chalk Circle by - Li Sing-Tao (1279-1368) - or by - Li Qianfu (14th century?) - (French translation

• The houses surrounded... by the virtuous. "Our house is going to be surrounded": the installation of 30 hectares of photovoltaic panels worries local residents... "Fields as far as the eye can see, from the living room, you can see all the way to the Dordogne... with these panels, "We'll only see glass and metal. And what about the impact on our house? It will lose all its value," says Pascal, who feels abandoned by the local authorities. But the WPD company "undertakes to pay the cost of road repairs in the event of damage by construction vehicles during the construction of the photovoltaic park." (france3)< /li>

Montagnac-sur-Lède in Lot-et-Garonne    Wpd solar France by WPD     Wpd solar France on pappers

• Viaduct houses, bridge buildings or a giant Rubik's Cube... A residence with a view, but it's better to keep the windows closed and have earplugs on hand... (aefinfo.fr) or...

« We target those who have a terrible time finding accommodation in the traditional sector, because their file does not yet allow them to have the guarantees requested by the lessors.  » (actu.fr) and here

• Parasitic houses... The story of the curious "maison ventouse" of Brive: attached to the church, it almost disappeared... To save the collegiate church of Saint-Martin, it was then necessary to expropriate. The enterprise would prove to be long. It will take more than a century to get rid of all these sucker houses. (france3) All of them...? No, because a small house resisted the assaults of the demolition men...

Brive-la-Gaillarde in song... it's l'massacre . But beware of the consequences legal it is better to avoid singing too far... or too close to a police or gendarmerie service. Freedom of speech is shrinking, shrinking... soon there will be only {tooltip}shagreen skin{end-text|width=550|offsetx=-100|offsety=-100|time=300|delayOut=300}[P. allus. à To shrink, to diminish like a piece of shagreen leather. Gradually and until complete disappearance (definition CNRTL).{end-tooltip }.

And the news from Brive -la-Gaillarde, its collegiate church and a psychological unit with particularly anxious young people: anxiety, anguish, fear... (francebleu). It's not just freedom of expression that's diminishing...