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by fallingknife 755 days ago
Is poor construction that needs to be replaced soon worse than no construction at all? I guess that's debatable, but I would have to see actual statistics on Chinese construction failure rates vs the US rather than just a general assumption that China = low quality before it is even worth considering.
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> Is poor construction that needs to be replaced soon worse than no construction at all? I guess that's debatable

Replaced? I'm talking about parts of the infrastructure or housing literally falling apart and killing people. You should really follow my advice from above and google "tofu-dreg"

> but I would have to see actual statistics on Chinese construction failure rates

Just watch some of those videos where huge parts of infrastructure just collapse. Those things would have been major news for days in the whole western civilization if it'd happen in the US.

Also, how would you verify (any) statistics coming from China? A country where the whole market is based upon falsified statistics? I mean, that's nothing the regime is proud of. Why would they create true statistics about such failures?

Since we're literally talking about nuclear power, then which is worse: no Chernobyl or some Chernobyl?