Governments ar the same all over the world.  Always willing to help out their friend$.

Sounds like  Eminent Domain

"That's because Chinese local governments in cahoots with developers have become infamous for forcibly seeking to evict residents from their homes with little compensation and often without their consent."  ...  "More often, however, they are driven away by paid thugs. Private property is one of the most sensitive issues in the country today, and "Avatar" has given the resisters a shot in the arm."