18 Crazy Things That Only Happen In China(18件只在中国发生的疯狂的事情)
China's breakneck growth rate has helped create some problems that are very unique to China.
Its emphasis on speed over safety, poor environmental track record.
use of substandard construction materials, extreme punishments for white
collar crimes, and the propaganda aimed at protecting the image of the
Communist party, are all part of the problem.
Buildings and bridges have collapsed, the much lauded high speed rail
line has caused controversy, and food safety continues to be a
concern. In other instances, the sheer size of its population and its
position
as the world's largest pork consumer has made the country hold a
national pork reserve.
In light of this we highlighted 18 crazy things that have happened in China.
Buildings fall over sideways and are sometimes intact.
One construction worker was killed when this 13-floor building collapsed almost intact. There are constant fears that safety comes second to speed.
Cities with no occupants pop up all over the country.
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China's infrastructure investment driven growth has caused ghost cities and ghost malls to prop up all across the country.
Chinese government officials reportedly spent thousands of dollars on gold and silver mooncakes. This raised concerns of corruption according to Xinhua.
The 8-lane Qingdao bridge
is the world's longest bridge and cost 14.8 billion yuan to build but
sees a fraction of the traffic that was expected, according to the Financial Times.
Concerned
with appearances China lied about the little girl that sang "Ode to the
motherland" at the Beijing Olympics. Yang Peiyi the real singer wasn't
considered cute enough and Lin Miaoke was brought in to lip synch the
song. The music director Chen Qigang told the AP: “The audience will understand that it’s in the national interest.”
Whole media organizations get banned out of nowhere.
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China blocked Bloomberg.com after it ran an article on the wealth of the family of president-in-waiting Xi Jinping.
White collar executives get sentenced to death for their role in the shadow banking system.
"Interviews Before Execution" was
a popular television program. Henan TV only cancelled the show after
Chinese officials worried about how it would impact China's image abroad
following publicity surrounding a BBC documentary on the show.
Bridges collapse within a few months of being built.
As
Chinese cities develop across the country fake stores have become
increasingly prevalent. Arguably the most famous fake store was the fake Apple store in Kunming, southern China.
China's
dairy industry has been hit with milk contamination scandals since
2008. Milk products have been found containing everything from mercury to melamine, and detergent.