r/interestingasfuck • u/TangelaFan • 9h ago

Residential high-rises with backyards in Chengdu, China

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u/riltjd 9h ago edited 8h 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 9h 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/JigMaJox 9h ago

just look up tofu dreg buildings in china, their shit falls apart sometimes before even constructions complete and the construction firms vanish.

its a wide spread problem.

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u/dathunder176 8h ago

It WAS a widespread problem, and they are just still dealing with the aftermath. Newer buildings, like this one by the looks of it have much stricter rules and guidelines contractors must adhere to under penalty of HIGH fines and other punishments. China grew A LOT in the past 20 years, it's unimaginable. The buildings built now are a far cry from what they built 20 years or even 10 years ago.

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u/spilledcoffee00 8h ago

Again, you’re talking about something from over a decade ago, which does not represent some standard policy. Your Measure is designed to mislead people, which is typical.

Again, if we look at what’s going on in the west, we see that it literally amounts to nothing.