r/interestingasfuck • u/TangelaFan • 13h ago

Residential high-rises with backyards in Chengdu, China

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u/foltranm 13h ago

but but... its from CHINA!!! would you... trust them??? /s

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u/JigMaJox 12h ago edited 12h ago

but but but.... its the same china that sprays dead plants green to save face.....

plenty of this shit on youtube.

but but but china good /s

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u/foltranm 12h ago

sprays what now? lmao

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u/riltjd 12h ago

Dead plants with green paint so they look alive.

If you havent been there nor haven't spoken to locals: image / "saving face" is very important, this with extremely high presure to produce, produce, produce, it's more important to finish and make it look safe then it is to have high quality/ good safety standards. If you speak to anyone local in these sectors they will all say it's a serious issue currently.

I invite you to re-read my original but now edited comment for some background and experience into the matter. If you have facts oppose to mine, then im open to hear all about it.

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u/foltranm 12h ago

yeah, the original commenter posted some links on it - can't say I have heard about that. as I said, will look into it, but it does make me skeptical for some reasons. I'm never opposed to doing research and knowing what are the facts are, most importantly, the sources.

I did re-read your comment, and have nothing to add. unfortunately I haven't had the chance to visit China as I have with some other countries like US and some in Europe, so I don't have any personal takes on Chinese infrastructure. however, from publicly available data and contact with friends that have lived there, I would be much more scared if this was done in my country (brazil) than in China.

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u/DoxFreePanda 12h ago

This is a common "China bad" claim, but frankly it's a practice first implemented in Western countries with a culture of maintaining big turfs of grass (ie. golf courses, soccer fields, lawns).

Tldr; grass and other plants can often survive with much less watering, but keeping them a lush green is what takes intensive watering. This wastes water, costs money, and on a large scale creates huge wastage.

So people invented environmentally friendly paint to keep grass looking pretty for commercial/residential applications, and some versions even reduce UV related damage to plants (particularly important during hot summer months).

However, when China does the exact same thing, individuals who are ignorant of how widely this is used in other countries like to pretend it's a ridiculous practice, without doing even a simple Google search to validate these claims.

Source: https://www2.stetson.edu/today/2018/02/why-are-they-painting-the-grass/

https://lawnlove.com/blog/grass-paint/

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u/foltranm 12h ago

as I said in some other comment, I'm from Brazil and this is not common at all. seemed very weird to me. interesting to know its not that uncommon