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sounds_sound  ·  4486 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Thousands being moved from China's Three Gorges - again

Well I hope it doesn't fail, but China doesn't have the best track record...





mk  ·  4485 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I just came across this.

    According to the official Xinhua news agency, the Yangmingtan Bridge was the sixth major bridge in China to collapse since July 2011.

o_O

b_b  ·  4484 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I just spoke to my Chinese office mate about this. He says they call this type of thing "Tofu construction". Apparently, in this same city (his wife is form there) they recently had a cave in the subway, which is also brand new. Yikes!

mk  ·  4486 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It makes you wonder what they did with the buildings that didn't fall.

sounds_sound  ·  4484 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I thought that too. But when the government displaces 1.3 million, the people probably don't have much of a choice. Like that woman said "What the government says. You do."