Do the Chinese not know how to demolish buildings? None of these buildings pancake properly; they just tilt a bit and fall on their side. Is there a reason for this? Is Chinese IQ a meme?
I wouldn't be surprised if there was embezzlement involved. China does have that mentality where everyone needs to grift and profit somehow. Someone budgeted enough explosives to do it properly and each step below the decision maker reduced the amount until what you have is that.
The demolition crew almost certainly don't give a fuck, as life is cheap and the entire area around is probably condemned anyway. It seems most Chinese government contracts have no quality control, just an entry fee.
That said it's also probably unusually hard to plan the demolition of a building that is haphazardly built out of different materials than all the plans and paperwork claim it's made of.
Your regular encounters with Chinese people are, statistically speaking, those who were either smart enough to leave, or smart enough to be employed by their government in intelligence operations.
Do the Chinese not know how to demolish buildings? None of these buildings pancake properly; they just tilt a bit and fall on their side. Is there a reason for this? Is Chinese IQ a meme?
Yes, most Chinese are literal peasants or the urban variety.
What you interact with are grad students who are spies in all but name.
IQ and intelligence are overrated. The smartest people often make the worst decisions.
Wisdom and common sense are underrated. No amount of intelligence can replace humility and having your feet grounded in reality.
If you took the volume of those buildings and compared it to the weight, they probably have the average density of steyrofoam.
Buildings don't pancake when they're made out of foam and wads of straw with an eighth inch of mortar skinned over it to look like concrete.
I wouldn't be surprised if there was embezzlement involved. China does have that mentality where everyone needs to grift and profit somehow. Someone budgeted enough explosives to do it properly and each step below the decision maker reduced the amount until what you have is that.
The demolition crew almost certainly don't give a fuck, as life is cheap and the entire area around is probably condemned anyway. It seems most Chinese government contracts have no quality control, just an entry fee.
That said it's also probably unusually hard to plan the demolition of a building that is haphazardly built out of different materials than all the plans and paperwork claim it's made of.
Communism. "To the workers of the world."
Your regular encounters with Chinese people are, statistically speaking, those who were either smart enough to leave, or smart enough to be employed by their government in intelligence operations.