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Re:Chongqing, the Largest City – In Pictures by yusaydat on Sunday April 27, 2025 @07:46AM (#43811232)
Lots of low-quality construction work though. Anecdotally, I used to live in a 30-story building in one of the special economic zones. My building had horrendously large cracks in the concrete, and even though I knew rationally that it wouldn't come down, it didn't feel safe, especially during typhoons, etc.
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Re:Chongqing, the Largest City – In Pictures by ChrisMarshallNY on Sunday April 27, 2025 @11:05AM (#43812432)
Reminds me of this (from 2009): http://blog.pucp.edu.pe/blog/wp-content/uploads/sites/109/20...
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Re:Chongqing, the Largest City – In Pictures by stickfigure on Sunday April 27, 2025 @12:32PM (#43813120)
> even though I knew rationally that it wouldn't come down

How do you know that?

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Re:Chongqing, the Largest City – In Pictures by ninininino on Monday April 28, 2025 @01:49PM (#43824068)
Tofu-dreg construction, or 豆腐渣工程 in Mandarin.

A lot of new-builds literally rusting, falling apart, collapsing, etc. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tofu-dreg_project

Of course, many builds are fine too.

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