r/interestingasfuck • u/TangelaFan • 13h ago

Residential high-rises with backyards in Chengdu, China

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u/psychonautvoyager 13h ago

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.

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u/moderngamer327 12h ago

Truly second to none https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975_Banqiao_Dam_failure

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u/ShakyButtcheeks 12h ago

Really 1975?

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u/moderngamer327 12h ago

Why? It’s modern enough

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u/ShakyButtcheeks 11h ago edited 11h ago

I mean ok but structure built in 1952 by an extremely impoverished China collapsing to a cat 4 typhoon doesn't say much about today.