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Vini_Vidi_Vici said:

This is disgusting. We rarely hear this from Western countries, but it happens all the time in China. It is a direct reflection of the country's corruption and lack of supervision of its government. Everyone involved or even not involved in the road projects are skimming off it. By the time the money reach the contractors, there's not much left. Sometimes even the contractors themselves skim off the project. Hence there's no money for materials and labour hours to build these things according to blue print. It is also the same reason why so many innocent children died in the Wenchuan Earthquake. Almost none of the government buildings collapsed, because government officials made sure themselves are safe in the office they sit-in everyday. But it's different for kids, they died by direct cause of government officials' corruption of construction funds.

This is saddening and what's even more disgusting is people in China are becoming accustomed to this phenomenon, thinking corruption is a norm.

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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (R, front) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel take the Beijing-Tianjin Intercity Express to north China's Tianjin, Aug. 31, 2012. (Xinhua/Ding Lin)

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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao accompanies German Chancellor Angela Merkel to visit the Palace Museum, more popularly known as the Forbidden City, in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 31, 2012. (Xinhua/Ding Lin)

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A model shows a Audi car during the 2012 Beijing Automotive Exhibition held at the National Convention Center in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 31, 2012. The four-day exhibition kicked off here on Friday, attracting the participation of 25 auto brands. (Xinhua/Zhao Bing)

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Consul General of China in Jeju Zhang Xin (R) visits the survivors of the Chinese fishing boat accident at Halla Hospital in Jeju, South Korea, Aug. 22, 2012. Eighteen Chinese fishermen have been rescued, eight are confirmed dead and seven are still unaccounted for after a powerful typhoon sank their fishing boats in South Korean waters early Tuesday morning. (Xinhua/Yao Qilin)

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A rescuer washes face at Xiaojiawan Coal Mine in Panzhihua City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Aug. 31, 2012. Death toll of the gas blast accident in the coal mine on Wednesday has risen to 41 until Friday noon. Five other miners are still trapped in the colliery. Rescuers have worked overtime to save as many trapped miners as possible. (Xinhua/Li Hualiang)

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Rescuers take a nap at Xiaojiawan Coal Mine in Panzhihua City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Aug. 31, 2012

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Rescuers have a meal at Xiaojiawan Coal Mine in Panzhihua City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Aug. 31, 2012.

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Zhang Cuiping of China bites her gold medal during the awarding ceremony for the final of the Women's R2-10m Air Rifle Standing-SH1 shooting event at London 2012 Paralympic Games in London, Britain, on Aug. 30, 2012. Zhang took the gold medal with 500.9 rings.[Xinhua]

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Gold medalist, Zhang Cuiping (C) of China, silver medalist, Manuela Schmermund (L) of Germany, bronze medalist, Natalie Smith of Australia pose for photos after the awarding ceremony for the final of the Women's R2-10m Air Rifle Standing-SH1 shooting event at London 2012 Paralympic Games in London, Britain, on Aug. 30, 2012. Zhang took the gold medal with 500.9 rings.[Xinhua]

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NBA all-star Dwight Howard started his Adidas Basketball tour in Shanghai August 27, 2012.[Sina]

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Authorities from the mainland and Taiwan launched a massive sea search and rescue drill on Thursday in the Taiwan Straits, aiming to ensure safe transport on waterways across the Taiwan Straits. [Photo/Chinanews.com]

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Working staff prepare the food for Panda "Qing Feng" to celebrate its five years old birthday at Nanshan Zoo in Yantai, east China's Shandong Province, Aug. 19, 2012. [Xinhua]

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Panda "Qing Feng" celebrates its five years old birthday at Nanshan Zoo in Yantai, east China's Shandong Province, Aug. 19, 2012. [Xinhua]

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bladerunner said:

@Equation

Hey fellas look what happened to Equation in this Chinese advertisement.

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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao talks with residents of Qiuyijiayuan, an affordable housing community, in Tianjin, north China, Aug. 31, 2012. Wen inspected the construction of affordable housing in Tianjin on Friday.(Xinhua/Ding Lin)

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People stand on large hexagonal columns of volcanic rock on Ninepin Group, also known as Kwo Chau Islands, southeast of Hong Kong in this handout photo released August 30, 2012. An ancient supervolcano that last erupted 140 million years ago, considered as one of the oldest supervolcanos, has been discovered in the southeastern part of Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Geological Survey under the government's Civil Engineering and Development Department said on Thursday. It added that this is the first discovery of an ancient supervolcano in southeastern China. REUTERS/Hong Kong Government's Civil Engineering and Development Department/Handou

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Silver medallist Zhang Yu Li of China poses on the podium during the medal ceremony for the Men's Individual Cycling C1 Pursuit final on day 2 of the London 2012 Paralympic Games at Velodrome on August 31, 2012 in London, England. (Photo by Bryn Lennon/Getty Images

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Bruce Leamer bodyguards Kobe Bryant in China. August 2012

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Liu Haoran, 6, plays finger games with his father through the window of a train at the Beijing Railway Station on Wednesday. After a short reunion, the boy has to leave his father, a migrant worker in Beijing, for his hometown in Maanshan, Anhui province, for the new semester. （Photo/China Daily)

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Chinese actress Angelababy Yang pose for photos during a photocall at the 69th Venice Film Festival, in Venice, Italy, Aug. 31, 2012. The film is presented in the non-official competition during the film festival which runs from Aug. 29 to Sep. 8. (Xinhua/Gao Jing)

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Chinese Hongkong director Stephen Fung (L) and actress Angelababy Yang pose for photos during a photocall at the 69th Venice Film Festival, in Venice, Italy, Aug. 31, 2012. The film is presented in the non-official competition during the film festival which runs from Aug. 29 to Sep. 8. (Xinhua/Gao Jing)

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Students carry stationery & school supplies in Baochuta Experimental School in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 1, 2012. New semester began in primary and middle schools on Saturday. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)

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Students from Grade Two stand in line in Baochuta Experimental School in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 1, 2012. New semester began in primary and middle schools on Saturday. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)

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New pupil Luo Xuanyi (R) is not willing to leave his mother on the first day of the new semester in Cuitingyuan Primary School in Hefei, capital of east China's Anhui Province, Sept. 1, 2012. Chinese middle and primary schools start fall semester on Saturday. (Xinhua/Du Yu)

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Two golden retrievers compete in a jumping contest during the 4th Pet World Dog Carnival at Chaoyang Park in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 1, 2012. About 1,000 dogs participate in the carnival on Saturday. (Xinhua/Zhao Bing)

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A master and her huskies wait for performing during the 4th Pet World Dog Carnival at Chaoyang Park in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 1, 2012. About 1,000 dogs participate in the carnival on Saturday. (Xinhua/Zhao Bing)

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A foreign student registers at a reception of the School of Chinese as Second Language in Peking University in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 1, 2012. A total of 3,684 freshmen are enrolled in Peking University this year as new semester began on Saturday. (Xinhua/Zhang Cheng)

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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (R) shakes hands with former British Prime Minister Tony Blair during a meeting with him in Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Sept. 2, 2012. (Xinhua/Zhang Duo)

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Protesters take part in rally against a new Chinese national education course in Hong Kong September 1, 2012. Three students from the activist group Scholarism began a 60-hour hunger strike on Thursday outside the government headquarters in Admiralty, protesting against the introduction of national education, which they claim could be used to brainwash youngsters.

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Suspect Xiong Yi (C) is sent from an airplane under escort in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, on Sept. 2, 2012. Chinese police have seized a suspect who allegedly sent a threatening message which caused a domestic flight to divert on Thursday, sources with the police said Saturday. The 29-year-old man, Xiong Yi, was caught Saturday afternoon in a hotel in Dongguan city in southern province of Guangdong, according to the police of central China's Hubei Province, where Xiong resides. Xiong confessed that he made an anonymous phone call to an airport in Shenzhen, Guangdong at 10:43 p.m. Thursday, claiming that explosives had been planted on Shenzhen Airlines Flight ZH9706, which was in mid-air for Shenzhen from Xiangyang, Hubei. (Xinhua/Cheng Min)

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A humanoid robot known as "Nao" performs during the 11th China International Equipment Manufacturing Exposition in Shenyang, capital of northeast China's Liaoning Province, Sept. 1, 2012. A total of four humanoid robots, which can sing, dance and even demonstrate the popular martial art Tai chi, were displayed during the Exposition. (Xinhua)

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A female kendo fighter checks her costume and protective clothing before training in a gym in Fuzhou city, East China's Fujian province, July 3, 2012. [Photo/CFP]

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Floods besiege Enyang Town, Bazhong City, Sichuan Province, on Sept. 1, 2012. The heavy rainfalls since Aug. 30 caused floods in part of Sichuan Province, forcing 62,600 people to evacuate and destroying 8,500 houses. [Deng Liangkui/Xinhua]

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Public security and fire fighters prepare to steer a boat to help transfer residents besieged by floods in Enyang Town, Bazhong City, Sichuan Province, on Sept. 1, 2012.

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Public security and fire fighters help evacuate residents besieged by floods in Enyang Town, Bazhong City, Sichuan Province, on Sept. 1, 2012. The heavy rainfalls since Aug. 30 caused floods in part of Sichuan Province, forcing 62,600 people to evacuate and destroying 8,500 houses. [Deng Liangkui/Xinhua]

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Recent floods have inundated more than 7,000 houses and caused power cut in Xide County, Sichuan Province. More than 100,000 have been affected by the floods, with one dead and two missing. In the picture, people stay in a local refugee camp on Sept. 2, 2012.

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The floods gradually subside in Xide County, Sichuan Province, on Sept. 2, 2012.

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Rescuers work at a traffic accident site in Longhua Village of Jingzhou City, central China's Hubei Province, Sept. 2, 2012. A bus carrying 34 high school students suffered a traffic accident early Sunday morning, leaving two people dead and 13 others injured. (Xinhua/Hui Bin)

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BEIJING, Sept. 3 (Xinhuanet) -- It is called the Gate of the Orient, a new 300 meter high skyscraper with an arc at the top which is due to be completed at the end of this year, but the new structure is already gaining a towering following online after being dubbed the "long underpants". The 69 story building, in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, has been ridiculed by Internet users with more than 3,000 comments mocking the structure.

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People wave flags to welcome the arrival of the Chinese Navy training vessel "Zhenghe" at Tanjung Perak port in Surabaya, Indonesia, Sept. 3, 2012. The vessel "Zhenghe", which is named after a famed Chinese maritime explorer who sailed overseas about 600 years ago, has a scheduled route of more than 30,000 nautical miles, and is expected to pay port calls to 11 countries and working visits to three countries during its global voyage.(Xinhua/Agung Kuncahya B.)

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Visitors take photos of a cable car crossing the Yangtze River in Chongqing Municipality, southwest China, Sept. 3, 2012. The cable car, initially put into service in 1987, resumed operation as a transportation tool for local citizens on Monday. At present, the cable car becomes a new choice to travelers to enjoy the splendid scenery of the mountainous city Chongqing. (Xinhua/Zhou Hui)

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