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Beijing to crack down on bizarre villa sprawling atop apartment building
Washington Post ^
| Tuesday, August 13, 6:33 AM
| AP
Posted on 08/13/2013 9:34:45 AM PDT by Pan_Yan
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posted on
08/13/2013 9:34:45 AM PDT
by
Pan_Yan
To: Pan_Yan
He’s just trying to get a glimpse inside the friendly confines of Wrigley Field...
To: Pan_Yan
Most interesting thing I’ve read in a week... Thank you for posting this.
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posted on
08/13/2013 9:51:27 AM PDT
by
PghBaldy
(12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
To: Pan_Yan
If I lived there there would BE not late night parties
I think its a great idea even though it may sadly have some engineering flaws.
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posted on
08/13/2013 10:09:14 AM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
(This Message NOT Approved By The N.S.A.)
To: MeshugeMikey
I think its a great idea even though it may sadly have some engineering flaws. The kind of "engineering flaws" that lead to total collapse of the building, killing everybody inside. Think World Trade Center, 9/11/01.
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posted on
08/13/2013 10:12:32 AM PDT
by
Cyber Liberty
(Justice for Trayvon: Dig up his body and shoot him again.)
To: MeshugeMikey
The gov’t owns the land here too.
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posted on
08/13/2013 10:14:16 AM PDT
by
bicyclerepair
(Inbred, pedophile-worshipping, misogynists (mozlums) offend me.)
To: PghBaldy
Most interesting thing I’ve read in a week... Thank you for posting this.You are most welcome. I've seen lots of interesting items here over the years so when I run across one somewhere else I like to share it.
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posted on
08/13/2013 10:39:39 AM PDT
by
Pan_Yan
To: Pan_Yan
Looks kinda cool.
Maybe newer buildings can be designed to safely integrate that look into their construction.
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posted on
08/13/2013 10:41:05 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: Pan_Yan
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posted on
08/13/2013 10:43:12 AM PDT
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: Pan_Yan
Why doesn’t he build his own personal skyscraper like those 2 guys in Mumbai?
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posted on
08/13/2013 10:44:56 AM PDT
by
GeronL
To: ShadowAce
whoa... he is just asking for the roof to cave in
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posted on
08/13/2013 10:45:24 AM PDT
by
GeronL
To: r-q-tek86
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posted on
08/13/2013 10:47:50 AM PDT
by
Pan_Yan
To: ShadowAce
Is it the angle of the photo or is the left facade of the building out of plumb from top to bottom? The left top appears to be bulging out from the bottom.
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posted on
08/13/2013 11:00:17 AM PDT
by
prof.h.mandingo
(Buck v. Bell (1927) An idea whose time has come (for extreme liberalism))
To: ShadowAce
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posted on
08/13/2013 11:05:59 AM PDT
by
11th_VA
(It's all about culture, not color)
To: prof.h.mandingo
Optical issusion. There’s an architectural feature sticking out that side of the building that makes the facade at that corner look curved.
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posted on
08/13/2013 11:10:30 AM PDT
by
Pan_Yan
To: prof.h.mandingo
Optical issusion.I meant optical illusion. I don't even know what an issusion is but I assume if you get one you either have to go to the doctor or court.
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posted on
08/13/2013 11:13:47 AM PDT
by
Pan_Yan
To: Pan_Yan
“While all land in China technically belongs to the state — with homebuyers merely given 70-year leases — the rules are often vague, leaving questions of usage rights and ownership murky.”
coming to a locality near you, sooner than you think
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posted on
08/13/2013 11:18:01 AM PDT
by
Wuli
(uir)
To: Pan_Yan
It looks like Godzilla took a dump on that building. (Yes, I know the difference between Japan and China).
We're rapidly heading into the same situation, where there exist two parallel legal systems, one for the hoi polloi, and one for the nomenklatura.
To: Pan_Yan
“The villa’s owner has been identified as the head of a traditional Chinese medicine business and former member of the district’s political advisory body who resides on the building’s 26th floor.”
Translation - the villa’s owner gets away with it - obtains all the political protection he needs - because he’s a long-time loyal member of the ruling party of rhe dictatorship, and use to hold official party posts himself.
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posted on
08/13/2013 11:21:31 AM PDT
by
Wuli
(uir)
To: ShadowAce
Another view from Sky News ...
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posted on
08/13/2013 11:24:30 AM PDT
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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