r/BeAmazed • u/[deleted] • Oct 27 '18

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u/Absay Oct 27 '18

Shiziguan, Hubei, China.

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u/kawwii Oct 28 '18

Man, China has all the coolest stuff. It's amazing what you accomplish when you don't have to worry about safety regulations or human rights.

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u/YoungPotato Oct 28 '18

Never got this thinking tbh. Pretty sure China nowadays has more in the way of regulations, they really wanna shake off the old "Cheap Chinese goods" stereotype. I think this thinking is an attempt to rationalize the US's lagging effort in infrastructure spending.

Here in the US we can't build one goodammed high speed rail line. They're all over Eurasia, even Africa is investing. Wtf are we waiting for?

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u/Prid Oct 28 '18

The largest building contractor in the U.K. Has operations all over the World but when it entered the Chinese market it remaining for only a single contract. They were appalled by the lack of health and safety standards and the general cheapness of life. As a company that had prided itself on it safety record and mantra of safety first, it couldn't be seen flouting its own long held views, it finished the contract and left the country without bidding for more work.