Al-Jazeera's report on the anti-Maglev protest has interesting footage of how the city government is collecting feedback and an emergency residents meeting in one neighbourhood. While municipal authorities have promised more research and feedback opportunities, train protesters have been warned not to conduct any illegal protest during Gordon Brown's visit to Shanghai.
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Anti-Maglev protests derailed
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"The extended line may not harm our health, but we still fear it could cause our residential units' prices to drop," said a resident living near the proposed route.
Nice. So although there are no real risks, the residents should get a pay out because perceived risks (which they amped up) will bring down property prices.
There's a logic there somewhere.