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[Wneglia]

China to build 220 story building in 90 days

Pretty cool. Imagine how long it would take if built with union labor.

[O Really]

Cool technology! Funny joke.
But Doc, are you suggesting that the US adopt Chinese labor practices? Maybe that's what all the right-wingers really want when they go on about "job-killing regulations"? http://www.chinalaborwatch.org/reports.html

[neoplacebo]

I bet those buildings are slam full of lead and asbestos, too....too much lead is probably why that one fell over....

[O Really]

I may have missed it in a quick scan of the article, but I didn't see anything about their accident rate. If they can get that building up in 90 days - and it stays up and doesn't leak much - and do it without killing anyone, I'll be more impressed than McKayla.

[Wneglia]

Broad Sustainable Building Company

Time lapse video 30 story building in 360 hours
Gives details on all the modern features.

[rstrong]

During a visit to the US, the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China, Xi Jinping was taken on a tour of a typical American factory by President Obama.
The tour started at 9:00 am and the factory was just starting to fill with employees...
JINPINJ: "What these people do?"
OBAMA: "Oh, they are just starting work!"
JINPINJ: "AAAARRggghhh! In China, start at 5:00 am"
So, they walk around for a while, viewing some machinery and at 10:30 a bell sounds and the factory workers leave.
J: "Where they go?"
O: "Oh, it is morning break time. They have a break for 20 minutes."
J: "AAAArrrggghhhh! In China, no morning morning."
At 12:00 noon the two VIP's are viewing plans for a new factory and a bell sounds and the factory workers leave, again.
J: "Where they go now?"
O: "Oh, it is lunch time. They take a break for an hour."
J: "AAAArrrggghhhh! One hour. In China, is ten minutes lunch."
At precisely 2:15 pm a bell sounds, and again the workers leave the factory.
J: "AAAArrrggghhhh! Another break?"
O: "Yes, another break. They get a 20 minute afternoon smoke break!"
At 4:30 pm another bell sounds and the factory grinds to a halt.
J: "AAAArrrggghhhh! Another break?"
O: "No, they've finished for the day."
J: "In China start at 5:00 am, no breaks, ten minutes lunch, no breaks, work till 7:00 pm at night. Right through, no breaks. Why you not make them work harder?"
O: "Oh, we can't do that!"
J: "Why you can't make them work harder?"
O: "Because they're all communists."

[Wneglia]

Wneglia may have a point about doing it the Chinese way.

...In the US, doctors are among the professionals making the most money. Doctors' incomes there are, on average, from two to four times greater than those of civil servants.

In China, in contrast, the average salary of doctors is only 1.19 times greater than what is made on average by people in the rest of society. That's much lower, for instance, than the average salary of college teachers, which is 1.71 times greater than the average income earned by the general ranks of workers, said Yin Dakui, director of Chinese Medical Doctor Association.

A newly graduated doctor surnamed Chen said he makes about 2,000 yuan ($310) a month working at a middle-level hospital in Tianjin...

That's why they are flocking to pharmaceutical jobs

[JTA]

They are probably building this to store all of the data they hack. Gonna need a lot of room for all that data.

[rstrong]

They are probably building this to store all of the data they hack. Gonna need a lot of room for all that data.

Just occurred to me - We borrow money from China to pay for our military, the interest we pay then builds up China's military which provides the excuse to further build up our military. Convenient.

There are now three Chinese manufacturers making Humvees, competing to sell them to the Chinese military. And FSM knows what else.

[mike]

China to build 220 story building in 90 days

Pretty cool. Imagine how long it would take if built with union labor.

Maybe, next, the Chinese can build a few pyramids ... cheap labor and all (aka slaves) ...

Surely, Doc, you are not trumpeting the Chinese methods of building something, are you?

Indeed, the Chinese can build great things ... ummm, one of the new seven wonders of the world comes to mind, but, really, at what end cost, Doc?