The Chinese government says all is well, though.
The Foreign Ministry reacted with anger to the Housing Rights' report, saying it was groundless and the figures vastly inflated.
The Beijing city government and Beijing 2008 Olympic Project Office, which is in charge of the construction efforts, declined additional comment on the eviction issue.
Despite the posters declaring the Games a "People's Olympics" and endless advertising featuring smiling residents in a variety of happy poses under the optimistic slogan "One World, One Dream", there are small signs of dissent.
Left: Beijing National Stadium, nicknamed the 'Bird Nest' (in the background) lost in the haze. Guang Niu/Getty Images.
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