Chinese high rise topples over
01 July 2009, 04:43 PM
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Chinese high rise topples over
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Jesus Christ! When did this happen?
01 July 2009, 04:44 PM
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01 July 2009, 04:57 PM
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Jesus Christ! When did this happen?
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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 of the window when the building fell
Sounds like someone should have sat tight, I don't imagine watching a 13 storey building toppling onto you is much fun
01 July 2009, 05:57 PM
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judging by the quality of the kids tat that has "Made in China" stamped on it this does not come as a suprise.
01 July 2009, 06:02 PM
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Yes, but look at how strong all the glass was
01 July 2009, 06:51 PM
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Yes, but look at how strong all the glass was
that is pilkington glass made in England
01 July 2009, 07:28 PM
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fooking hell . just as well it wasnt inhabited , because there probably of been 10000 people in it
01 July 2009, 07:30 PM
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Are those hollow pipe things at the bottom end the piles / foundations ??
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01 July 2009, 07:55 PM
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Would you buy one of the other flats? lol
01 July 2009, 07:58 PM
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yep they would be darn cheap lol
01 July 2009, 08:08 PM
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Not as cheap as the side rise flats
01 July 2009, 08:59 PM
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Notice all the construction workers inspecting it going '''ah so "
01 July 2009, 09:00 PM
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Impressive looking foundations there. Are those drinking straws?
01 July 2009, 09:03 PM
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The residents at the other side of the building will now have a sh!te view!
01 July 2009, 09:41 PM
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Hmm, this looks like a good candidate for "Grand Designs"
Seriously though, looks like someone forgot to tie up the rebar properly at the foundation level....seems they made up for it once they got above ground level
01 July 2009, 09:51 PM
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Looks like a planned demolision to me, you'd expect a pile of bricks though, Unless its made of play doh
01 July 2009, 09:55 PM
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This is an all to common occurance in China unfortunately
substandard building materials, poor workmanship and curruption have led to 100's of buildings collaspsing for no apparent reason over the last decade. Including schools and hospitals
I guess it's one way of keeping the population down.
01 July 2009, 10:02 PM
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01 July 2009, 10:08 PM
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Almost a very big game of domino rally if it had clipped one on the other blocks on the way over.
01 July 2009, 10:08 PM
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What did she say?
01 July 2009, 10:09 PM
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The news lass is worth a bang
01 July 2009, 10:13 PM
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Still using bamboo for scaffolding I see (nothing changed since I was last over there 13 years ago)
Seems theire news follows the same format as ours; dolled up reader; spout a load of crap; add some dumbed down crappy animations, interview a local, then repeat three times over before cutting to adverts. Must have been to the Murdoch school of media.
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What did she say?
My mandarin is a little rusty but I thnk she said "me love you looooong time sucky sucky five dollah"
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he news lass is worth a bang
I'd bang the newsreader with the ferocity of a 1000 badly built falling chinese towers
01 July 2009, 10:17 PM
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I'd bang her so hard that the building would collapse (not that hard then
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01 July 2009, 10:27 PM
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I'd bang her so hard the surrounding towers would also collapse!
01 July 2009, 10:31 PM
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I'd bang her dad so hard that the building would collapse (not that hard then
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01 July 2009, 10:40 PM
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Another fine bit of Chinese love tunnel here
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01 July 2009, 10:41 PM
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I'd bang those hot male chinese construction workers so hard, their ring piece's would collapse
01 July 2009, 10:45 PM
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I don't find her "that" attractive.
Now, Melissa Theuriau on the other hand would have me banging her so hard that most of the buildings in Asia would collapse.