So, in legal terms, that's correct, you can't demand punitive damages.
But Old Tang felt this wasn't right; developers needed protection, but so did the interests of the ordinary people!
He still had a promotional flyer from Yashi in hand, which listed quite a few things, such as how the community was just five hundred meters away from a subway station, how it was contracted with a prestigious school, as well as various landscaping features...
Previously, he had asked a friend in the Jingzhou City educational system about the regulations pertaining to new residential developments and the provision of schools.
His friend told him that, nowadays, schools that are part of new residential developments should in principle be public schools, but there were exceptions.