Who needs rebar anyway? Concrete is strong enough. Just put the rebar money in your pocket, comrade!
SS-DC !!
Same sh*t - different country! :^)
Graft and corruption are no stranger to these shores, as your missives have pointed out. Bob Bullard must be a friend of yours, no? ;^)
In Turkey a while back I remember reading about mass arrests of construction officials, right after a massive earthquake. Chicoms will want blood from someone. Contractors should stay low or move...even North Korea is safer.