Comments on: Tourists check out collapsed high-rise in Shanghai

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 05:33:54 +0000

Correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe all major skyscrapers in China have been constructed by foreign firms.

…China does make some damn fine food, however.

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 05:32:00 +0000

All it’s going to take is a slightly larger than normal earthquake (not likely, but not impossible in HK) to change that.

By: MF

MF — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 19:27:07 +0000

Except that Hong Kong has been having short-piling scandals for years. The exception is that, luckily for the people in the apartments, none of the buildings has collapsed. Eason Chan’s dad actually went to jail for taking bribes in exchange for overlooking short-piling a couple years ago.

By: jony

jony — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 19:12:21 +0000

nothing to be chamed on this. american bridges colapce very often after the inspections or cleaning. maybe its because they wash guano away wich holds those bridges together. neither are collapced mud-beton houses in Turkey.

By: The Overthinker

The Overthinker — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:42:26 +0000

Pudong is a showcase. A Potemkin Village, in fact. Don’t judge a country by the face it wants you to see.

By: Level3

Level3 — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 13:20:04 +0000

before you go anti-China, please take a monet to consider that the Chinsese government pays some of it’s citizens cash to make pro-China postings on message boards and websites abroad (because they can just censor stuff insdie China)
it’s a good way for Chinsese uni students who have good enough English to get beer money.

Please send me an application form so I can make cash promoting China, too!

By: rado

rado — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 10:29:44 +0000

before going anti-china, please take a moment to appreciate the fantastic amount and quality of construction in shanghai, esp. pudong – some of the most amazing buildings in the world. this case hardly warrants generalisation about their practices. the fact that mori is chief player there should be interesting about japan-oriented people

By: Vonskippy

Vonskippy — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:11:12 +0000

Tell me again how China will become a huge world power when they can’t even copy simple structural engineering. I guess with all the internet censorship they filtered out basic math and material strength calculations.

By: MF

MF — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 04:35:44 +0000

The people who had apartments in other buildings in the complex have gotten their money back, apparently. It’s a good thing for them this incident got so much publicity.

By: lulu

lulu — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 03:38:46 +0000

Well, if this had happed in the US or in Europe the reaction would pretty much be the same.
The only difference is that people have somehow gotten accustomed to reports of sloppy work, fake products, falsified scientific claims and so on from China.
I don’t see how they could have reported it in any nicer way.

By: Fauna

Fauna — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 03:24:24 +0000

The construction worker was inside the building when the building collapse. So, he could not be under the building.

By: Vumiko

Vumiko — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 01:09:59 +0000

Do I detect a bit of Anti-Chinese sentiment in this broadcast?

By: Adam

Adam — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 23:03:27 +0000

does the other buildings around it also have small supports?

By: MF

MF — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 22:40:36 +0000

After the building collapsed, the people who had already bought apartments in it made a public complaint where they said this was another example of “tofu-dregs construction.” The construction company had the gall to say it wasn’t, because when the building toppled over, it stayed in one piece!