r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/rapatakaz • 1d ago

Video China is completing the construction of the tallest bridge in the world, which runs through the Grand Huajiang Canyon. The 2,890-meter-long steel suspension bridge rises 625 meters above sea level

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u/Appropriate-Battle32 1d ago

Going to be both a suicide and base jumping destination

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u/TheThirdHippo 1d ago

Given China’s reputation for safety, these could be the same thing

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u/space_______kat 1d ago

What reputation?

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u/TheThirdHippo 1d ago

They don’t have a good reputation for safety…

The cheapest BYD car is roughly €7500 to buy in China and to be able to sell the same car in the EU, it’s €15000. The main reason for the extra cost is to make it meet EU safety regulations

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u/viper29000 1d ago

Just because they don’t have the same safety rules as the west doesn’t mean it’s not safe or a bad reputation for safety. Their cars aren’t breaking down, their bridges aren’t falling dipshit

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u/TheThirdHippo 1d ago

Every time you see some video on here of something failing due to shit safety, it’s normally somewhere in China. I’m just going off what I see and what I read, rather than just blindly arguing

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u/viper29000 1d ago

I’ve never seen that here. I’ve never heard of things failing in China. I think you’re talking out your ass

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u/ajax-187 1d ago

No just unfair terms at the cost of the consumer,sheep.

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u/TheThirdHippo 1d ago

Whatever