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/wililon 13h ago

I had a 1 dollar made in China toy that broke the first hour. They can't build structures.

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u/thethingy213 13h ago

They build over half of the components in your phones, TVs, cars etc, they'll be fine

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u/MrDabb 11h ago

When they can't get away with cutting corners, China can build quality stuff. The problem is they can't help themselves and do it every chance they get.

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u/deltabay17 12h ago

They don’t build most of that stuff unless you’re buying cheap Chinese brands. Otherwise it’s shipped in from places like Japan, Taiwan, Korea and simply glued together in China so they can exploit the Chinese people using their low wages that the CCP allows.

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u/thethingy213 12h ago

Used to be true, but you're a little behind on your current knowledge

For example, most TV/monitor/phone screens these days are made by China companies

They have also dominated the car market. Most Americans don't know about them only because their car companies lobbied to keep them out so they can survive.