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This is not going to end well for many poor souls. Luckily I am retired and have no outstanding debt with good medical insurance and retirement.

Bamboo scaffolding and not used as concrete reinforcing.

The structure was "topped off" about a year ago. That is more than sufficient time for the concrete to cure.

China's unemployment problem is sure to get much worse, especially among the restless younger generation.

Agree.

The Thai government likes to use the latest technology, but always wants to do it the Thai way. And time after time we have seen the results.

China insiders are well aware of China's worsening economic problems. BRI has turned out to be an expensive adventure that has used debt trap diplomacy to expand its over capacity construction industry outside of the country. An industry that relied heavily on the collapsing real property sector. Potential BRI participants are not falling for that con. Many fall for the CCP propaganda about a booming Chinese economy. Recently there has more and more revelations by MSM that China is not living up to that hype. Sooner or later China will pay the price for a managed economy.

Does it have anything to do with the increase in Medicare premiums that are automatically deducted from your SS? The premium for Part B went up by 6%.

IMO you are quite justified in your assessment. The record speaks for itself.

You beat me to it.

Cost cutting !! dont you mean coruption !! they were contracted to build the tower with specified materials they did not, that is fraud/coruption not cost cutting In normal business transactions cost cutting is okayed by the customer and the savings passed on to the customer. This is usually done by mutual modification of the specifications. Corruption is when substandard material is used or in some cases completely omitted. This is done without the permission of the customer with the vendor pocketing the difference. I know this is an overly simplified explanation, but this is the basic difference between cost cutting and corruption.

Responsibility? The buck passing has started and is gaining momentum. Interesting times ahead. Let's hope the media keeps up the investigative reporting.

This video addresses not only questionable design flaws and substandard material, but also the motives, besides money, for corruption. Good read.

I say nonsense, also. I know of girls raised by their grandmothers that have high moral standards and been highly successful business women. My girlfriend's niece is a perfect example.

Just the section you belong in.

You mention Thalidomide, but yet fail to see the connection with germs, vaccines, and other medical issues. Nature is imperfect. You are a prime example.

Evidently nature failed to help you.

So if we do not accept the Germ Theory then we have to rely on nature to cull out those who lack the ability to develop a natural immunity. Is that correct?

That means the concrete had more than enough time to cure. So that rules out that avenue of blame for the failure.

You can't help a Luddite. Since Luddism not a disease only nature can cure it.

Unfortunately, it is just a matter of time. All the men couldn't put Humpty Dumpty back together again.

Since they have no qualms about these corrupt practices at home in China, then its obvious this goes on outside the country. Money is their god.

Just because it has been edited doesn't mean the columns depicted are not "for real."

I've experienced many earthquakes in my lifetime including a 7.1 and a 7.5. Videos taken during the quake in Bangkok definitely indicate more than a shiver.

During my lifetime I've experienced a number of big earthquakes on the island of Hawaii. The scariest was a 7.7 that generated a local tsunami close to 50 feet high. Luckily only 2 fatalities from the tsunami. The seashore close to the epicenter subsided 12 feet. Years later I went fishing in the area where former cliffs were now at sea level.