Mr Wen Shu, 58, lives in Jilin City, in northwestern China in an apartment block. He’s lived there for 35 years.
He was asked to move out by developers who wanted to build a shopping centre, but the developers offered him an embarrassingly meagre pay out. So, he made a protest. In a very unusual way.
Everyone else in the block had moved out, so he decided to make a visual statement. He left his hot tap running for the whole winter, creating a work of rebellious ice art.
Keeping the hot tap running also guaranteed that his pipes wouldn’t freeze, now that no one else in the apartment block was using the heating.
China’s national media and council officials are now pushing for the developers to give Mr Shu a better deal. He’s hopeful, and says he is lonely in the block of flats all alone. Well, I certainly hope he gets some more cash.
