Friday, August 24, 2012

Collapse of newly built bridge in Communist China kills 3, shoddy construction cited, is 6th major bridge collapse there in 13 months-BBC

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1/26/11, Obama cited Communist China's superior infrastructure: "China is building faster trains and newer airports." 7/5/12, "Obama’s transportation secretary hails Chinese infrastructure"

8/24/12, "Three dead in newly-built Chinese bridge collapse," BBC



"The Yangmingtan Bridge in Harbin City cost 1.88bn yuan ($286m) to build."

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A section of a multi-million dollar bridge in China that opened in November has collapsed, leaving three people dead and five injured, state media say....

Shoddy construction and over-loading have been blamed for the incident, it added....

This is the sixth major bridge collapse in China since July 2011, the agency said."...

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1/16/11, "Obama: U.S. infrastructure has 'slipped'," CNN

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7/5/12, "Obama’s transportation secretary hails Chinese infrastructure," thecable.foreignpolicy.com J. Rogin

""The Chinese are more successful [in building infrastructure] because in their country, only three people make the decision. In our country, 3,000 people do, 3 million," LaHood said in a short interview with The Cable on the sidelines of the 2012 Aspen Ideas Festival on June 30. "In a country where only three people make the decision, they can decide where to put their rail line, get the money, and do it. We don't do it that way in America."


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