China, Japan and South Korea all have more gold than they have silver or bronze. They really took the "get gold or get nothing" attitude to heart. - Kotaku In Action 2

China, Japan and South Korea all have more gold than they have silver or bronze. They really took the "get gold or get nothing" attitude to heart. (media.kotakuinaction2.win)

posted 101 days ago by ger111 101 days ago by ger111 +54 / -5

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– undecidedmask2 3 points 101 days ago +3 / -0

Important correction: the chinese economy is based on paper mache apartments that the construction companies have/are going bankrupt on.

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– HallucinatoryBeing 3 points 101 days ago +3 / -0

Construction in general is a surprisingly corrupt industry. Yakuza liked to use construction companies as fronts for their illegal operations, and there's endless stories of politicians rewarding government contracts to a company owned by their brother or cousin or something.

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– when_we_win_remember 1 point 100 days ago +1 / -0

there's endless stories of politicians rewarding government contracts to a company owned by their brother or cousin or something.

I always assume that's why the roads don't get finished. Someone is getting paid by the day to suck.

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