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SouthBayDem

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2. I was in similar disbelief when I listened to the RTHK hourly news last night

Reply to wcmagumba (Reply #1)

Thu Nov 27, 2025, 06:52 PM

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reacting: "They used BAMBOO? What century is this?"

Evan Osnos also recounted, in his 2014 book Age of Ambition about social attitudes in 21st century China that prior to the deadly 2008 Sichuan earthquake: "...so much money had been siphoned off that designs that called for steel had, in some cases, been built with bamboo instead."

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So the builders saved money, no sprinkler system, cheap materials used, close together, bamboo effing scaffolds... wcmagumba Thursday #1

I was in similar disbelief when I listened to the RTHK hourly news last night SouthBayDem Thursday #2