[yusaydat]

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.

[ChrisMarshallNY]

Reminds me of this (from 2009): http://blog.pucp.edu.pe/blog/wp-content/uploads/sites/109/20...

[stickfigure]

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

How do you know that?

[ninininino]

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.