A stubborn homeowner has defied property developers who demolished his neighbours' houses - by refusing to budge and building his own 10-storey tower.
Most of Chen Tianming's village in Guizhou province, southwestern China, was razed in 2018 to build a lucrative tourist resort.
But the 42-year-old refused to leave and, after the project faltered, ignored a flurry of demolition notices to build his family's humble stone bungalow higher and higher.
The higher floors where he sleeps sway in the wind and dozens of ropes and cables tether the house to the ground as if the whole thing might one day float away.
Built with faded ply-boards and contorted beams, the teetering structure is a monument to one man's stubbornness.
