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Lots of low-quality construction work though. Anecdotally, I used to live in a 30-story building in one of the special economic zones. My building had horrendously large cracks in the concrete, and even though I knew rationally that it wouldn't come down, it didn't feel safe, especially during typhoons, etc.



> even though I knew rationally that it wouldn't come down

How do you know that?


Tofu-dreg construction, or 豆腐渣工程 in Mandarin.

A lot of new-builds literally rusting, falling apart, collapsing, etc. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tofu-dreg_project

Of course, many builds are fine too.




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