Like generations before him, Sun Lianxi made a living as a fisherman. He and 17 family members used to live on a large houseboat that they also operated as a restaurant for day-tripping tourists. But in 2017, local authorities seized the houseboat and banned fishing on certain days in the name of environmental protection. It was also part of a broad-ranging poverty alleviation scheme to move fisherman off boats and re-settle them on land. But Sun says the scheme has left him and his family…