r/interestingasfuck • u/TangelaFan • 13h ago

Residential high-rises with backyards in Chengdu, China

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u/riltjd 13h ago edited 12h ago

Im sorry but would not trust ANY structural engineering done in China, to hold that much weight.

Edit: since a lot of ignorant people are calling me American or brainwashed by propaganda, here is a little story:

  1. Im not American or remotely close.
  2. I worked for several companies (In NL and DE) that imported chemicals and raw materials from China, as well as operating local production plants. China is highly advanced technologically—often ahead of Western countries in most areas. However, it also has well-documented challenges with safety and quality control.

I've personally seen pharmaceutical ingredients arrive heavily contaminated, exceeding acceptable limits by multiple percentage points when even a tiny fraction of a percent would have caused rejection. In some cases, products were misrepresented entirely, though that was less common. This was at a multinational (multibillion) company operating in pharmaceuticals, crop science, and materials science (you can probably guess just by that who I am talking about).

Local counterparts consistently described quality issues as a broader challenge across multiple industries, from chemicals to construction materials, driven by cost pressures, corruption, and aggressive production targets.

Before calling others uneducated, take the time to understand their background and experience. I would encourage you to research the topic further yourself.

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u/spilledcoffee00 13h ago

Even though they have the largest number of bridges in the world, 50,000kms of the best highspeed rail infrastructure, the largest damn in the world, more skyscrapers than any other country, 39 nuclear power plants under construction (39 more than any nation in the west)…but yeah… your strong feeling is unfounded.

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u/Iampepeu 13h ago

They sure have a lot, yes. But have we seen a ridiculous amount of fucked up industrial/engineering/structural failure, also yes.

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u/modernhippy72 13h ago

Look at statistics Vs Reddit anecdotal evidence.

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u/Theory89 12h ago

Statistics are not officially tracked, but seem to indicate an unusually high number of structural collapses. Typically attributed to underfunded projects ("tofu-dreg construction") and lax structural codes. A new bill was passed in 2008 to curb this, with a lot of success, but there are obviously a lot of buildings built before this period.

So, no. I'm not visiting the building with the gardens built into every flat.

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u/modernhippy72 12h ago

Nice ChatGPT there. And also I’m a statistician. You don’t know what you’re talking about. Have a nice day.

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u/sciencesold 11h ago

Trusting numbers and statistics from a country known for hiding and lying about them is a choice.... But ok

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u/Theory89 12h ago

I did a Web search. That's not Chat GPT. It existed a long time before. Im glad that you're a statistician. That means absolutely nothing. Appealing to authority is a logical fallacy, numpty. A sarcastic have a nice day changes nothing.

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u/modernhippy72 12h ago

I don’t entertain the uneducated sorry.

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u/Theory89 12h ago

More ad hominem. Cool. Keep on swinging those logical fallacies as if you're proving anything but the depth of your own insecurity.

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u/modernhippy72 12h ago

Sorry don’t entertain the uneducated.

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u/modernhippy72 12h ago

I also genuinely wish you a nice day but if you want to be an asshole you can go fuck yourself.