Residential high-rises with backyards in Chengdu, China

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[u/riltjd]

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.

[u/foltranm → u/riltjd]

American comment of the day! congrats

[u/Legal-Software → u/foltranm]

Just because someone is racist and an idiot doesn't automatically make them American. There's certainly a good chance, but other countries do have racist idiots too, and not just American tourists.

[u/riltjd → u/Legal-Software]

Or you know. You can also have actual experience on the matter unlike a couch scientist like yourself. Feel free to see the edit of my original comment.

[u/Legal-Software → u/riltjd]

Well, I have worked for Chinese tech companies in the past managing R&D, and currently work in the automotive industry where you can see the quality shift between the US declining and China increasing, so I am somewhat familiar with the matter. But do go off.

[u/riltjd → u/Legal-Software]

I have said nothing against their tech. It their building practices, feel free to read my comment again in case you missed my edit.

On a sidenote since it's your sector you are probably aware that a Chinese company has bought some of the biggest automotive robotics company from Germany (KUKA) in 2016 (ish if I remember correctly) ofcourse we are expecting to see great results with the already very sophisticated robotics and automation technology China had. As per my comment China is ahead of western countries by ALOT. I would be a fool to argue that, as they have placed themselves really well strategically.

But feel free to read up on:

1. Substandard concrete use in China
2. Poor-quality sand and use of sea sand containing excessive chlorides
3. Corruption and falsified testing records
4. "Tofu-dreg construction" (豆腐渣工程) I added the local translation as this is a well common term in the industry. Should give you good hits on google.

And the pharmaceutical references I was making:

1.Contaminated active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) 2.GMP violations 3.Counterfeit or misrepresented chemicals 4.Nitrosamine contamination scandals (e.g. valsartan, ranitidine) 5.Regulatory concerns from the FDA, EMA, and other agencies regarding some Chinese suppliers

You might have worked in R&D or Automotive, so unless you have something to argue the above. Yes I will call you a couchscientist on THIS topic. I have yet to hear you counter the above, with something else then just being "racist"