banqiao dam, shoddy construction, tofu buildings

Made in China: Tofu Buildings

In August, a series of typhoons hit China. While the wild winds did create some problems for the people, the storms also exposed a dark secret of the Chinese construction sector — “tofu buildings.” This is a phrase used in China to label poorly constructed buildings that tend to crumble like tofu when stressed by ...

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A new building in China that is falling apart.

Failure of China’s Biggest Dam Kept Secret by Government for Decades

The Chinese communist regime often keeps its failures a secret, both from citizens and the international media, since it wants to project an image of a “perfect government” that is incapable of doing any wrong. One of its biggest failures was the Banqiao Dam Collapse in 1975 that occurred as a result of poor construction ...

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