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AdvertisementMainland ChinaChinaScienceChinese farmer’s forest of cameras fails to bear fruit in compensation bidMan in Hubei province raised eyebrows after covering a hillside with surveillance cameras in the hope of increasing a land purchase payout
2-MIN READ2-MIN ListenZhang Tongin BeijingPublished: 6:30am, 29 Jun 2026A Chinese farmer has generated a buzz online by planting a forest of more than 170 surveillance cameras on his land in the hope of boosting his compensation under a land purchase scheme.
Footage circulating on social media – which showed the poles standing almost shoulder to shoulder on a hillside in Badong county, Hubei province – prompted rampant speculation about what could possibly warrant such heavy security for an ordinary orchard.
On Friday, the local village committee explained the man was trying to increase his payout under a compulsory purchase scheme to build a new highway.
Under Chinese land acquisition policies, residents can claim compensation for all as..

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