China's Olympic Displaces 1.5 Million: Group
Some 1.5 million residents of Beijing will be displaced by the time it hosts the 2008 Olympics, a rights group said on Tuesday, June 05, 2007. The Geneva-based Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE) said residents were often forced from their homes with little notice and little compensation, as the government embarks on a massive city redevelopment to accommodate the Games. China's Foreign Ministry said the report was groundless and the figures vastly inflated.