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by seanmcdirmid 3297 days ago
> And we in the US struggle with getting anything built for less than eye watering sums - does anyone remember the recent bay bridge saga?

You mean the one partially built by the Chinese?

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/26/business/global/26bridge.h...

Also, don't assume those bridges are built particularly well and will last for a long time. The Chinese have their own fair share of corruption, incompetence, etc...
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austinz 3297 days ago
Yeah, except for the facts that the leaky bolts that were the primary source of consternation last year (?) weren't part of the Chinese-built part of the bridge.
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seanmcdirmid 3297 days ago
The problem with the welds in the Chinese part of the bridge came much earlier in the bridge building process:

http://media.sacbee.com/static/sinclair/sinclair.jquery/bayb...

Overall, it looks like the Chinese didn't do that bad of a job here.

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