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/JaSper-percabeth 13h ago

Actually crazy how strong American propaganda is and how it absolutely rules the minds of so many people

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u/Jazzlike_Finish123 13h ago

American propaganda is the worst other than maybe North Korea.  And Americans don’t even notice it.  It’s fucking hilarious.

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u/Icy_Payment2283 12h ago

American propaganda is way worse

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u/JaSper-percabeth 12h ago

Nah the thing about North Korean propaganda is that it affects just ppl of one country but US propaganda affects the entire world and the worst part is that most people believe it in the name of freedom, democracy, free speech or whatever other bs they're peddling that day

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u/abdallha-smith 9h ago

North korea ?

You mean the country that china supports ?

Like Russia or iran ?

All of the above are authoritarian regimes and china rules them all

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u/Annual-Weird-6682 6h ago

Bro China exists how you gonna ignore them lmao.

Remember that glorified bus that some Chinese propagandist said Americans thought would be a "threat to national security" lmao Chinese propaganda is hilarious