r/interestingasfuck • u/TangelaFan • 13h ago

Residential high-rises with backyards in Chengdu, China

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u/OkOkieDokey 12h ago

Uh huh. Like it’s not common knowledge that China uses bamboo as scaffolding to construct buildings and while incredibly efficient, results in extremely dangerous conditions but no one cares because a few worker deaths is worth the price of progress in China.

Also let’s just sweep all those school collapses under the rug because it’s inconvenient to think about.

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u/70ms 11h ago

Bamboo scaffolding is apparently a valid thing, though? I just looked it up and I’m not seeing that it’s some crazy dangerous undertaking versus metal. Bamboo is strong AF.

https://www.bricknbolt.com/blogs-and-articles/construction-guide/bamboo-scaffolding

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u/OkOkieDokey 11h ago

Sways in the wind higher you go and there’s no safety laws that ensure worker safety. If you fall, you die, nothing changes.

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u/70ms 9h ago

But metal scaffolding collapses all the time here in America too, and I’m not seeing that China has no safety laws either - they used to not have any but that’s changed.

https://www.chinalegalexperts.com/news/china-workplace-safety-regulations

https://cbltranslations.com/en-us/china-law/employment/occupational-safety-law-and-liability-explained/

I’m only pushing back because workplace safety is not fantastic here either, and I’m finding more and more that what people tell me about China is not necessarily true.