New Chinese Highway Collapses after Two Days

[DeSwiss]

Run time: 00:59 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFnYzSjStU4   Posted on YouTube: July 15, 2011 By YouTube Member: NTDTV Views on YouTube: 34   Posted on DU: July 15, 2011 By DU Member: DeSwiss Views on DU: 3511

 

[ellenfl]

1. what do you expect? it was made in china! eom

[Historic NY]

2. cheap Walmart labor.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

8. So was The Great Wall.....

I guess my dad was right. They don't build 'em like they used to.

[ellenfl]

25. yeah, but that was back when a slave was a slave! today's

pseudo-slaves just don't do the job. seriously though, chinese goods of any kind have a poor rep . . . at least in my house. i remember when buying japanese meant inferior goods and that wasn't even necessarily true! however, i avoid chinese goods . . . because some of them could kill me. you get what you pay for has never been more true. i guess the chinese are finding that out too.

ellen fl

[Hassin Bin Sober]

26. Slave bones make good re-bar.

:scared: :scared: :scared:

[Kurmudgeon]

15. Rush jobs bring disaster, same over there as here!

[DJ13]

3. Arent the Chinese building parts of the Bay Bridge in SF?

[baldguy]

4. Low bidder

[silverweb]

5. Yup.

Parts are on the way. I hope our inspectors are the very best in their field. Even then, I think I'd try to avoid using it.

[kestrel91316]

11. They certainly are. Stay off that bridge. It will collapse and kill hundreds.

[AverageJoe90]

19. Dear God I hope not.

[Lint Head]

6. And it smells like rotten eggs.

Like the wall board.

[TrollBuster9090]

7. Yay! They're finally getting the hang of the Capitalism stuff!

"Only Nixon could go to China."

And apparently he dumped a steaming coil of ideas about Corporate Welfare and privatization while he was there.

Now they'll no doubt put some middle management stooge who had nothing to do with it in front of a firing squad, and then claim every thing is alright again, and carry on with the next project.

[jwirr]

9. Nice to know - I think I read that they are building sections to replace

parts of the Golden Gate Bridge? Might be wrong bridge but it was some American bridge.

[kestrel91316]

12. They are doing the Bay Bridge, not the Golden Gate.

[jwirr]

17. Thanks - I just scanned to story and missed a lot.

[femrap]

10. Glad to know their capitalists are

as stupid and greedy as our capitalists.

[RowdyRacer]

13. Ahh, American Exceptianalism!!

We can't even build our own roads without 12 dollar a day Chinese laborers...

[Heywood J]

24. We couldn't in the first place.

https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Coolie#In_the_Americas

[harvey007]

14. Slave Labor

You get what you pay for.

[zentrum]

16. Aren't we using Chinese parts

..to rebuild our infrastructure, especially bridges, because America so longer manufactures such things?

[proud2BlibKansan]

18. The Tea Party built a highway in China?

[The_Casual_Observer]

20. Doesn't China still have ICBMs pointed in our direction?

[DFW]

21. Yes, but have no fears

If they were inspected by the same people who inspected the highway, they will
land on Taiwan two and a half minutes after launching.

[lib2DaBone]

22. Just like Chinese drywall....

but then again.. who doesn't love poison pet food and lead paint in toys?

Welcome to Wal-Mart.

[Serve The Servants]

23. Oh goodie

I can't wait to drive over the new span of the Bay Bridge.
After all, "Made in China" means quality.

:sarcasm:

Since it is likely that California will not be acquiring the rail cars for the future high speed rail line from domestic sources, then I really hope we get them from Japan or Europe and not China. Same with SMART.

On a side note, I wonder if anyone will be executed as a result of this highway collapse.