Liu Zebai together with six other families from the village of Zhangjiagou, Yulin once grew their own food on 20 mu (about 13.3 Square km) of land that has been occupied by the Wayaota Open-Pit Mine since 2009. The villagers have petitioned the government at county, city and national levels numerous times but their issues have yet to be resolved and they've been sent away without any response.