Archive for May 16th, 2008
Why China’s Buildings Crumbled
Friday, May 16th, 2008The Globe and Mail suggests that corruption explains why ‘tofu buildings’ crumbled in China:
“One man, gazing at the corpse of his nine-year-old cousin, said he had disturbing evidence that could explain the collapse of the five-storey Juyuan school building, along with eight other schools in the region. The man, who gave his surname as Ren, […]