China’s New Bridges: Rising High, but Buried in Debt

Re:China’s New Bridges: Rising High, but Buried in Debt by pmurT on Monday June 12, 2017 @04:31PM (#14540853)

And we in the US struggle with getting anything built for less than eye watering sums - does anyone remember the recent bay bridge saga? Corruption, incompetence, etc?

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Re:China’s New Bridges: Rising High, but Buried in Debt by seanmcdirmid on Monday June 12, 2017 @04:58PM (#14541064)

> And we in the US struggle with getting anything built for less than eye watering sums - does anyone remember the recent bay bridge saga?

You mean the one partially built by the Chinese?

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/26/business/global/26bridge.h...

Also, don't assume those bridges are built particularly well and will last for a long time. The Chinese have their own fair share of corruption, incompetence, etc...

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Re:China’s New Bridges: Rising High, but Buried in Debt by austinz on Monday June 12, 2017 @07:02PM (#14541830)

Yeah, except for the facts that the leaky bolts that were the primary source of consternation last year (?) weren't part of the Chinese-built part of the bridge.

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Re:China’s New Bridges: Rising High, but Buried in Debt by seanmcdirmid on Monday June 12, 2017 @07:46PM (#14542033)

The problem with the welds in the Chinese part of the bridge came much earlier in the bridge building process:

http://media.sacbee.com/static/sinclair/sinclair.jquery/bayb...

Overall, it looks like the Chinese didn't do that bad of a job here.

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