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Panic as 300-metre-high skyscraper wobbles in China
The Guardian ^ | 18 May 2021

Posted on 05/18/2021 1:13:46 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT

One of China’s tallest skyscrapers was evacuated on Tuesday after it began to shake, sending panicked shoppers scampering to safety.

The near 300 metre (980ft) high SEG Plaza in Shenzhen, southern China, inexplicably began to shake at around 1pm, prompting an evacuation of people inside while pedestrians looked on open-mouthed.

Bystander videos published by local media on Weibo showed the skyscraper shaking as hundreds of terrified pedestrians ran away outside.

Building collapses are not rare in China, where lax building standards and breakneck urbanisation lead to constructions being thrown up in haste.

(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: ccp; china; segplaza; shimmy; skyscraper
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Wobblies and commies, oh my!

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I need a drink...I need a drink...I need a drink...

1 posted on 05/18/2021 1:13:46 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Motion damper malfumction?


2 posted on 05/18/2021 1:14:51 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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3 posted on 05/18/2021 1:15:51 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Chinese make junk. Wife bought a wedding card last week for my nephew, card would not fit envelope. You guessed it, “Made in China”. Told my wife NEVER buy anything from China again.

Last year cleared out my tool box of “Made in China” crap. USA or Taiwanese tools in a pinch.


4 posted on 05/18/2021 1:17:33 PM PDT by wetgundog
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Can’t build skyscrapers but can put a craft on Mars. Go figure. /s


5 posted on 05/18/2021 1:18:20 PM PDT by cranked
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To: BenLurkin

Exercise class for obese women on a high floor in a corner room.


6 posted on 05/18/2021 1:18:22 PM PDT by bigdaddy45
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To: BenLurkin

Don’t know but that’s a good guess.


7 posted on 05/18/2021 1:18:29 PM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (⭐⭐To the left, truth is right-wing extremism.⭐⭐)
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To: BenLurkin

If it fell down the Chicoms wouldn’t give a yap. People are cattle to the Chicoms, especially their own.


8 posted on 05/18/2021 1:19:20 PM PDT by FlipWilson
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Maybe it’s a Weeble.

Weebles wobble but they don’t fall down.


9 posted on 05/18/2021 1:20:14 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

“Building collapses are not rare in China, where lax building standards and breakneck urbanisation lead to constructions being thrown up in haste. “

They have the very same issues with their weapons systems.

Don’t go to sea in a Chinese submarine.


10 posted on 05/18/2021 1:20:41 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: wetgundog

We got one of those little bags you put gifts in instead of wrapping them.
It was a birthday bag.
It clearly said “Happy Bithday”
really wish i had kept it.


11 posted on 05/18/2021 1:22:45 PM PDT by calljack (Sometimes your worst nightmare is just a start.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Sum Ting Wong


13 posted on 05/18/2021 1:24:55 PM PDT by kanawa ((Securing the 2022/2024 elections is of paramount importance.))
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To: BenLurkin

That was my first thought, too ...


15 posted on 05/18/2021 1:24:59 PM PDT by Fish Speaker (Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
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To: cranked

Because they stole the space technology, otherwise it would have crashed right off the pad like a lot of their other rockets.


16 posted on 05/18/2021 1:29:13 PM PDT by TexasM1A
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To: DUMBGRUNT

I hope everyone gets out and they clear the area.
And I hope it falls.


17 posted on 05/18/2021 1:29:35 PM PDT by brownsfan (Term limits! Without term limits, we are doomed.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

It’s the Rona.

5.56mm


18 posted on 05/18/2021 1:30:46 PM PDT by M Kehoe (Quid Pro Joe and the Ho need to go.)
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To: M Kehoe

Or climate change/global warming.

5.56mm


19 posted on 05/18/2021 1:31:46 PM PDT by M Kehoe (Quid Pro Joe and the Ho need to go.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Well, with the advance notice, hopefully a lot of cameras now on that building to watch the great example of Chinese construction. On related topic, whatever did they due with the leaning skyscraper in Shanghai?


20 posted on 05/18/2021 1:32:56 PM PDT by Reno89519 (Buy American, Hire American! End All Worker Visa Programs. Replace Visa Workers w/ American Wo)
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