Of the people I've encountered in my travels, I think Chinese are the most able to endure repetitive recordings. Most Americans would go nuts and capitulate after a day or two of that din.

this is like teacher reprimanding school kids, no wonder they don't want to move.

in many places this would be considered torture or, at the very least, inhumane

can't they sue for nuisance?

"in many places this would be considered torture or, at the very least, inhumane"

If I recall correctly, the US used such methods to try to drive Manuel Noriega out of his compound, and maybe the Branch Davidians too. This is a fucking shameful way to treat ordinary citizens.

Not sure what's more amazing: that the "Demolition Office" is apparently staffed by inhuman demons birthed in hell, or that someone (or several someones) didn't violently and repeatedly vandalize the loudspeaker system.

I once worked in a Chinese office building that regularly blared useless "announcements" from a speaker near my work desk. I asked "How long has that been going on?!" the first day I worked there, and was told "It's always done that." In Week 2, I simply took a pair of wire cutters to work, waited until my colleagues left for the night, pushed a roof-tile up, and disabled the speaker.

I worked there for 3 years. I progressively vandalized more and more speakers on our floor until the announcements could no longer be heard. No-one from the building management ever noticed. The even funnier part was that none of my Chinese colleagues ever said "I wonder what happened to those annoying announcements we used to hear?!"

If any of you are reading this: now you know.

VandalVictor: You are an inspiration, and I can't believe they didn't notice. Your story makes me fear Chinese loudspeakers less! Luckily my danwei is nice and peaceful, but if a future danwei ain't, I'll know what to do.

额~~我被雷到了