[_coldfire]

Which of those two skyscrapers would you prefer to be inside during an earthquake?

[Jach]

Zhang's. They're built to withstand magnitude 9.0. https://www.wired.com/2012/09/broad-sustainable-building-ins... https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/30/chinese-constr...

[adrianN]

They might be designed to withstand magnitude 9.0, whether they actually are built that way is a different question.

[TeMPOraL]

Indeed; I would assume a big part of the bureaucratic layer exists to make everything work mostly correct even though there will be cheaters and thieves at every stage of the construction process.