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Concrete Crumbles to Sand in Hand, Pillars Break on Tapping, China’s Widespread Tofu-Dreg Projects

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Published on 11 Dec 2023 / In Film & Animation

The video footage shows that while these resettlement homes appear as upscale villas from the outside, their true condition harbors alarming deficiencies. The walls, supposedly cemented, are less sturdy than the traditional adobe walls used by farmers which can be dismantled by hand; the concrete crumbles easily when grabbed; a layer of the cement wall surface can be scraped off with the outer casing of a lighter; and the reinforcing steel bars in the load-bearing columns are exposed. These houses are a stark example of shoddy construction. The villagers are too fearful to move in.
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usr6874038614 3 months ago

Ah, China and quality control. Like water and fire...
Leave it all the to the central bureau, sure...

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Life_N_Times_of_Shane_T_Hanson

I amd glad that you have taken the time to watch this... and to make notes. I can't say anything other than "Fuck Me! - This is so frightening..." It upsets me a great deal - on all fronts.

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Life_N_Times_of_Shane_T_Hanson

I really am lost for words.... Apartment buildings - 5 - 10 stories high - made of dry grey mud and wire coat hangers... And they are full of people. People should be executed for these things.

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usr6874038614
usr6874038614 3 months ago

Thing is, for years now in China it has become a custom to invest in an apartment in some remote city as part of a big building project. Caveat : no one ever lives in those apartments, they are purely bought in the expectation that real estate will rise in value, and is only bought for its resale value later. Consequently, the building company cuts further costs by not caring about finishing the place, so you end up with cities full of apartment towers without windows, plumbing, etc. And that's how they keep building...

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Life_N_Times_of_Shane_T_Hanson

@usr6874038614: I have / had a friend who is / was a concrete engineer - he's been on a tour of China, and he says in terms of a great deal of China is built with sub standard concrete, "The whole place is fucked - and the rate of failure is just just going to accelerate - buidings, bridges, roads, railways - the three gorges dam is up shit creek..

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usr6874038614
usr6874038614 3 months ago

The wealthy chinese middle class has to come from somewhere; when you have lived in an overpopulated society where cheating is the default way of life and simply called "being clever", it will take an apocalyptic event before people might start changing their mindset.

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Life_N_Times_of_Shane_T_Hanson

@usr6874038614: It reminds me of those big plastic storage boxes - with lids. They only take a smack with a spoon to crack and shatter and then you have to buy another one...... AND the cunts in Australia just keep right on importing them... and selling them and importing them and selling them... AND they keep on breaking and breaking and breaking....... UNLESS they are halfway decent, an are capable of holding a few spare bed pillows without breaking, I am not touching that fucking crap even more.

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