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b_b  ·  4492 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Thousands being moved from China's Three Gorges - again

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!