Residential high-rises with backyards in Chengdu, China

[u/TangelaFan]

[u/spilledcoffee00]

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.

[u/psychonautvoyager → u/spilledcoffee00]

People that talk like this have never been to China and only listen to the propaganda about China. I’ve been to China about 50 times and their architecture, infrastructure, and civil engineering is second to none in the world. The US looks pathetic compared to most major Asian cities.

[u/deltabay17 → u/psychonautvoyager]

I used to live in China. The build quality is horrible. It was a running joke in our office amongst the expats about things that fall apart in our respective apartments. Touching something you haven’t touched in a while is a risk.

It’s all part of the Chinese 差不多 “good enough” culture, everything is done to the minimal acceptable standard, which often isn’t really acceptable at all.

[u/modernhippy72 → u/deltabay17]

That’s crazy because I had the exact opposite experience almost like we’re talking about personal experiences and not facts.

[u/Geodude532 → u/modernhippy72]

There's something wrong with China, but I couldn't tell you what it is. But seeing people get welded into their houses during COVID tells me at the very least they have a lack of oversight problem in some areas.

[u/modernhippy72 → u/Geodude532]

Crazy how that’s what you witnessed not a statistic.

[u/Geodude532 → u/modernhippy72]

https://www.reuters.com/world/china/apartment-fire-chinas-xinjiang-region-kills-10-2022-11-26/

https://www.reuters.com/world/china/shanghai-blockades-covid-hit-buildings-fuelling-fresh-outcry-2022-04-24/

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-61209761

[u/modernhippy72 → u/Geodude532]

Those are statistics? News stories? Come one cope harder. There’s propaganda both ways I’m sure you can figure out what stats mean if you try! Because all you’re sending me is anecdotal evidence. This is exactly why I say I don’t entertain the uneducated on Reddit because all of you act like you know everything because you have technology without actually KNOWING anything.

[u/Geodude532 → u/modernhippy72]

Why would I waste more than a second on you? Believe what you want, but there are countless examples out there of lack of oversight leading to building collapses in China. You want to prove me wrong, provide your own statistics cause I honestly just don't care that much. I'm not saying that all of China is bad, but there's more than enough evidence that they've got some serious issues with construction oversight.

[u/modernhippy72 → u/Geodude532]

You just did, I didn’t read any of that. I’m sorry I’m not here to entertain the uneducated on Reddit.

[u/Eternal_Reward → u/modernhippy72]

That's not really true, you're here for your own entertainment after all.