The home in the village of Xingyi in Guizhou province had become a tourist attraction, but officials said it lacked the necessary building permitsA ramshackle 10-storey home that had become an offbeat tourist attraction in south-western China has been torn down, ending a years-long battle between the structure’s owner and local authorities.Chen Tianming said local authorities took just hours to return the stone bungalow – which had been transformed into a pyramid-shaped structure of plywood rooms stacked upon one another – back down to its original single storey. Continue reading...

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/22/china-officials-destroy-ramshackle-10-storey-studio-ghibli-esque-home