Construction in Beijing

[optimista]

One thing I have found particularly interesting about Beijing is the very dramatic class differences that exist side-by-side throughout the city. My brother lives in a high-rise that caters to ex-pats which is, by all standards, extremely high-end (his three-bedroom apartment costs his company a horrifying $3000 US/month). Yet, everywhere you

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[nonmyopicdave]

Interesting. When we were in Chennai, India, we stayed in a high rise hotel and had a similar view of construction of a sky scraper. The amazing thing there was that the scaffolding going up several stories was lashed-together bamboo!

(I never saw an Indians *running* with a wheelbarrow though)

[optimista]

They use the bamboo scaffolding here, too! It is really unbelieveable (and rather scaring looking).

[bigspot]

bamboo is actually extremely strong. But what is amazing is that the "people" are supposed to all be equal in communism. I wonder how long they'll be able to sustain the current system.