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Re:What Does Evergrande Meltdown Mean for China? by mads on Thursday September 23, 2021 @12:40PM (#28631588)
Most of the apartments I lived in in china have been absolute garbage. In shenzhen - most were probably not more than 10 years old. I even had to go the hospital once because my hand went through the glass of the bathroom door, when I tried to push it open.

Meanwhile my current home outside china is almost 100 years old and not garbage.

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Re:What Does Evergrande Meltdown Mean for China? by philliphaydon on Thursday September 23, 2021 @01:00PM (#28631913)
Lots of videos of the new apartments in China where the walls crumble or are hollow. I remember reading that developers get huge subsidies from the government to build these buildings and either cut corners to pocket the money or never complete the buildings. I donno if that’s true or not. But seeing the tofu houses is makes me feel like it’s true.
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Re:What Does Evergrande Meltdown Mean for China? by hasperdi on Thursday September 23, 2021 @05:57PM (#28636099)
There is a special name for this tofu-dreg projects

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tofu-dreg_project

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