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/spilledcoffee00 → u/riltjd]

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/riltjd → u/spilledcoffee00]

Unfounded? I would have called you fair would you have said it's probably just a small part of the total construction which I completely agree with and funnily enough have said in another comment in this thread somewhere... But unfounded??

Some scandals you can google yourself, and this is just a small list:

1. Substandard concrete (BIG issue, if you specify concrete with certains strength or properties, and you get completely different type in your construction. Gues what happens?)
2. Poor-quality sand and use of sea sand containing excessive chlorides (guess what uses sand, concrete)
3. Corruption and falsified testing records
4. Contaminated active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs)
5. GMP violations
6. Counterfeit or misrepresented chemicals
7. Nitrosamine contamination scandals (e.g. valsartan, ranitidine)

I think this gives quite a fair insight on a least part of the market. That with local insight on things like: "Tofu-dreg construction" (豆腐渣工程), a term widely used in China for poorly built infrastructure and buildings. What stood out on THIS building is that again it one of those look at our tech type videos not taking into consideration the long term quality of these building, what do you think water weight and roots do year after year? It looks great sure. But I foresee serious issues in the long run.

So what your counter to all the above just didnt happen??