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Chinese Bridge Collapse Kills 22 – BBC News (Updated)
BBC reports that a bridge at Fenghuang County collapsed while 123 workers were removing scaffolding, which caused that “at least 22 people have been killed and up to 46 others are still missing.”...
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Toll 36 After China Bridge Collapsed “Like Beancurd”– Reuters
From Reuters via Yahoo.com: A bridge that collapsed in China killing at least 36 people broke apart like a pat of “beancurd” because there were apparently no steel reinforcement bars, state media said...
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Bridge Expert: Cross-strait Bridge Technically Feasible – China News
Translated by CDT from China News Agency: China is well able to build a bridge that spans across the Taiwan Strait, renowned bridge designer Lin Yuanpei (ÊûóÂÖÉÂüπ) said at the 50th anniversary of...
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China Begins Work on World’s Longest Cross-Sea Bridge
Work on a 50 kilometer (30 mile) bridge connecting Hong Kong with Guangdong Province has just been kicked off. From China Daily: Construction of the 50-km Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, expected to be...
View ArticleChina Unveils World’s Longest Sea Bridge
The Daily Mail reports on the new longest sea bridge in the world in Qingdao. The bridge straddles the Jiaozhou Bay and is 26.4 miles long: With an overall length of 42.58km, the route between Qingdao...
View ArticleChina Opens World’s Longest Bridge: Would You Cross If You Came To It?
A bridge that links the port city of Qingdao with an offshore island Huangdao opened today in Shandong province. The Jiaozhou bridge, which spans 26.3 miles, cost reportedly $2.3 billion and is the...
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San Francisco’s Bay Bridge Gets 5,300-Ton Steel Span Delivery from China
The heavily-traveled Bay Bridge, which connects San Francisco to the East Bay, is going to contain a section constructed in and shipped from China. The construction has now been completed and is...
View ArticleBridge Builders Convicted of “Picking Quarrels” In Head-Scratching Case
“Bridge builder” is normally a high compliment. For one family in Jilin province, however, bridge-building earned them charges of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble,” setting off another national...
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Translation: The Problems of Inefficient Infrastructure Spending Are...
After a decades-long infrastructure spending spree, many of China’s local governments now find themselves saddled with unsustainable levels of debt and a surplus of vastly ambitious but often...
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