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China is scary - everybody is corrupt and there's no rule of law to enforce building codes or safety laws or any kind of regulation, really. The government ultimately isn't accountable to the people, so why would they ever care about public safety?

This kind of stuff happens all the time over there, just not as dramatically or visibly as this particular incident.

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I'd argue that this building is actually pretty well built. Even after toppling over it looks pretty intact. Maybe they over-engineered the building and under-engineered the foundation.

I was thinking the same thing... it seems like the foundation gave way on one side or something and it just tipped over. Wow that is crazy! Imagine if it was full of people!

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