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Shangstar
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June 27, 2009 - 08:04 PM |
 
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If you are thinking of moving to the Lotus Riverside apartments in Minxing District, well, you'd better think again.........
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/5661549/Block-of- flats-collapses-in-China.html
The block, in the outskirts of the eastern city of Shanghai, toppled around dawn and ended up lying on its side in a muddy construction field.
Construction work on the block appeared to have been nearly completed, with windows fitted and a tiled facade. Other identical blocks in the same property development were still standing nearby.
The official Xinhua News Agency said that a 28-year-old worker, surnamed Xiao, had gone into the building to get his tools and tried to jump out the window when the building fell. He was from Anhui province in eastern China.
The accident occurred in the "Lotus Riverside" residential community in Shanghai's Minxing district.
Sub-standard workmanship has been a major concern in China's building sector, as the country rolls out enormous city expansions and finishes off vast infrastructure projects to keep pace with fast economic growth.
Construction-related accidents last year included the collapse of a steel arch on a new railway bridge, which killed at least seven, and a crane which fell on a kindergarten, killing five.
The collapse of dozens of schools during last year's Sichuan earthquake also led to a wave of public outrage about corrupt officials and construction firms. |
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News_by_KKO
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Joined: Jan 11, 2009
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Location: China right next to an apartment building
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June 27, 2009 - 08:22 PM |
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Awesome! Can I get a discount in the building next door????
I can move this week! My cat and I already have parachutes! |
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Andreas
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June 27, 2009 - 08:28 PM |
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Bloody Sichuanese contractors!! |
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Shangstar
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June 27, 2009 - 08:31 PM |
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feel sorry for the damn fools that bought one of these, or who are tenanting them. How on earth will they sleep at night I wonder? The foundations look woefully inadequate (from the photo alone) - like matchsticks.
In consolation however, I suppose the owners of the other blocks have now got uninterrupted views of that gorgeous scenery. |
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SoFarSoGood
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June 27, 2009 - 08:39 PM |
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the foundation sucks, but the overall quality seems ok...since it did not break apart  |
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Adrienne
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June 27, 2009 - 08:45 PM |
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Well, they've just saved themselves a packet on elevators.....horizontal living. 
Adrienne |
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leidelaohu
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June 27, 2009 - 08:53 PM |
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That's something you don't see every day. Too bad the next building is so far away. Think BIG pink dominoes !
Wonder if anyone got it on tape ? Would have been impressive. |
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Shangstar
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June 27, 2009 - 09:09 PM |
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| Adrienne wrote: |
Well, they've just saved themselves a packet on elevators.....horizontal living.
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haha thats amusing!
Perhaps they can use the new horizontal flats as garages. |
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leidelaohu
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June 27, 2009 - 09:21 PM |
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Better City Better Life !! |
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Rumpelstiltskin
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June 27, 2009 - 09:29 PM |
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| Better City Better Life !! |
LOL |
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MoonOverMiami
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June 27, 2009 - 09:46 PM |
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| Adrienne wrote: |
Well, they've just saved themselves a packet on elevators.....horizontal living.
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90% off list price for ground view.
10% off list price for sky view. |
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RussianBear
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June 27, 2009 - 09:53 PM |
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And now they probably will destroy it. Just guess if there will be an "cards falling." |
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jeffinflorida
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June 27, 2009 - 09:55 PM |
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That shit is way scary! |
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CoffeeHawk_0
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June 27, 2009 - 10:21 PM |
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someone call a friend that knows about construction.... no foundation at all, just a couple of meters of posts, and what...the building is countersunk into the ground about 2 meters??? That's nothing, especially for such a tall and skinny building! (IMHO) |
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jeffinflorida
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June 27, 2009 - 10:28 PM |
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Reminds me of trying to hang something heavy on a wall back home using only a few countersunk screws in wallboard.
They fell out quickly.
But HELL someone in the Shanghai building department made a ton of money off the bribes they received to red - rubber stamp those plans quickly! |
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tessybear15
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June 27, 2009 - 10:33 PM |
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So where exactly is Lotus Riverside??? and isn't it Minhang not Minxing district?? |
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jeffreylubowski
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June 27, 2009 - 10:43 PM |
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would we have heard this noise around 5am today? I thought it was jets going supersonic and breaking the sound barrier again. Foundation looks non existent too |
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Cambronne
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June 27, 2009 - 10:54 PM |
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I thought it was thunder we heard this morning! |
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CoffeeHawk_0
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June 27, 2009 - 10:58 PM |
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a butterfly flaps it's wing in Florida, a building falls over in China |
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jeffinflorida
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June 27, 2009 - 11:17 PM |
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| a butterfly flaps it's wing in Florida, a building falls over in China |
Did Buddha say that? |
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hammerforlife
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June 27, 2009 - 11:40 PM |
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So for a bonus question, the government response to this will be:
a) to more strictly enforce the construction regulations, or
b) to decide to block the reporting of this and any other Chinese negative stories on the internet. |
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Cambronne
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June 27, 2009 - 11:42 PM |
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Are you suggesting that the correct answer is (a)? You are supporting a toughening of the central government's grip? Interesting, knowing that this is supposedly a dictaorship already. |
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jeffinflorida
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June 27, 2009 - 11:42 PM |
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So for a bonus question, the government response to this will be:
a) to more strictly enforce the construction regulations, or
b) to decide to block the reporting of this and any other Chinese negative stories on the internet. |
I chose B and also
c) Block Goggle
d) Blame it on the USA
e) Take some homeless dude, give him a 2 hour trial, and shoot him |
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Cambronne
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June 27, 2009 - 11:47 PM |
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Except that the corrupt business people behind this are likely to be the kind of people who own villas in California and perhaps has a US passport. Or perhaps he is already on his way and will apply for political refugee status. The media will certainly blame this on communism while it is rather the opposite. |
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Rumpelstiltskin
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June 27, 2009 - 11:58 PM |
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| to decide to block the reporting of this |
It was already on the ICS news |
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