Yeah, people keep saying that Chinese build wherever they want to, whenever they want to. It's just not really true. It's correct that there are less bureaucracy (less environmental analysis, less consultation and etc.), but people still go and protest in their local areas when something happens that they don't like. There are people that don't move, but their lives become increasingly harder when they don't, because everyone else might take the money and go forward.

Sometimes it's also the opposite, the local government fight for the new build ups, so they can get the money and investments in. Or block development through their areas when there is no real reason to allow it (think of rails but with no stops there).