protest - Shanghainese resist demolishion

Back on my basis in Shanghai again, and more important: online again. Hundreds of emails are still coming in, but one from my German colleague Kerstin is worth forwarding:

"At Wulumuqi Road (between Anfu Road and Wuyuan Road) authorities started to crack down houses some weeks ago, even though people are still living there. Three weeks ago, they
put into fire one of the houses, after negotiations between the owners and the authorities failed. Today, more than 300 policemen and people who were probably hired by a relocation company, entered the neighbourhood and started to beat the inhabitants, to make them move. Shortly after this, workers started to crack down the houses and did not stop since then. Even old women were wounded by the workers and police men. I just came back from this area, where I talked to the furious neighbours. Several families do
not know where to sleep tonight, because their houses are gone within less
than a day.
These people are more than keen to talk the foreign press about what happened today and are hopeful, that we can make a change. I doubt, but I promised them to tell you. So maybe you want to go there yourself!"

(the message dates from a few days ago)