The article states that about 1/3 of the cement used is the really poor stuff, and, much of China’s housing is concrete — much more than in the US. If, no, when China gets a major earthquake in the wrong place, the casualties could be horrific. The quake a few years ago was just a “hint”.
My brother spent quite a bit of time in China, and other aspects of the construction were often no better: Modern, new, impressive buildings, but with rust stains on the sides... (One can even see this in the crappy contacts plating in most flashlights and other battery powered consumer items these days.)
I too spent years in China.
The quality of the buildings is outrageously
poor. You see a shiny building go up and a few
years later it looks like it’s totally dilapidated.
the ChiComs don’t care about civilian deaths. they happily killed a couple thousand at Tianamen Square while the whole world was watching and dared anyone to do anything about it.
the same country that blows up it’s own civilians by accident and refuses to admit blame...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelsat_708
the same country that executes prisoners so that their organs can be sold on the black market...
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-33844080
et. al.
it disgusts me how the west has overlooked the true nature of China and has opted to begin doing business there in the past 20 years. if i could avoid any and all products made there, i would. sadly that’s just about impossible these days. this a country run by evil communists who do not hold or accept the value system that we take for granted here in the USA. anybody with any wealth there is connected to the PLA. you cannot do business there without PLA consent.
oh yeah, and the Clintons exported secret missile technology to the Chinese in the 90’s that has helped them improve their nuclear delivery systems. the same nuclear weapons that are pointed at US bases around the world, and perhaps even LA.
finally, just a reminder why China should not be a member in good standing of the civilized world...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hainan_Island_incident
that sort of thing used to be considered an act of war.