Chinese Earthquake Photos!!

Nice ... but could you post pictures with people.

All the pics are building and infrastructure .... but it'll nice to see people using all this.

(Only 2 pics had some people, that too in a very long shot)

When were all these pictures taken ..... quite a co-incidence, no folks outside their homes in probably a highly populated area.

The question is, are these new buildings earthquake resistant?

bingo said:

Nice ... but could you post pictures with people.

All the pics are building and infrastructure .... but it'll nice to see people using all this.

(Only 2 pics had some people, that too in a very long shot)

When were all these pictures taken ..... quite a co-incidence, no folks outside their homes in probably a highly populated area.

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Martian said:

The pictures were taken before September 2010, when Shandong province began to "hand over" the new city to Beichuan residents.

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"oneman28" replies:

"Those pictures were taken before Shandong province, which helped to build the city, 'handed over' the city to local government. Mass move-in happened in December 2010."

defaultuser1 said:

The question is, are these new buildings earthquake resistant?

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Agree to defaultuser1's question. Since this is the earthquake region, people should build earthquake resistant building. But I wonder if people can afford the building costly building like that or not. The pictures above look like a ghost city to me.

SteelBird said:

Agree to defaultuser1's question. Since this is the earthquake region, people should build earthquake resistant building. But I wonder if people can afford the building costly building like that or not. The pictures above look like a ghost city to me.

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China has regulated some of the strictest buiding codes in the world to withstand earthquakes..But whether the rules get followed is another thing, especially in the rural/remoter areas.
Alot of the buidings appear to be mid sized ones (2,3,floors) which have proven to be the problem ones from previous earthquakes because they don't attract the same expertise input or supervision.

defaultuser1 said:

The question is, are these new buildings earthquake resistant?

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"macau boy" replies:

"All structures are designed and built to withstand earthquakes up to magnitude 8.0. Major and important buildings (such as hospitals, schools, etc.) are subject to higher standards."

Da Xiao NATO equivalent of Brigadier General.

bladerunner said:

China has regulated some of the strictest buiding codes in the world to withstand earthquakes..But whether the rules get followed is another thing, especially in the rural/remoter areas.
Alot of the buidings appear to be mid sized ones (2,3,floors) which have proven to be the problem ones from previous earthquakes because they don't attract the same expertise input or supervision.

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No the building code was not very strict when the old city in Sichuan was build only in recetn year they beef up the buidling code. Plus way back then China was very poor so when the central goverment mandated the Sichuan provincial goeverment to implement 9 years compulsory education they don't have enough fund to built sturdy school. So they make due with whatever fund they have.Remember that Sichuan is one of the poorest region in China. So all this talk about corruption is nothing but gossiping and muckcracking by western press in an effort to destabilize China

But the reconstruction is not undertaken by Sichuan goverment. The central goverment mandated each of the rich province to rebuilt each region of Sichuan like Shandong built this new houses pictured above . So they do have the expertise and necessary building inspection procedure to ensure that they build sturdy building.

I am glad that they completely rebuild to even better Sichuan. That is the advantage of Authoritarian goverment. Swift action and no bullshiting compare that to Haiti

Blaming , finger pointing, recrimination is not going to bring the dead alive. The best way to honour the dead is to keep going living and built a better future.

Thanks Martian for the Photo and do keep onposting them on this forum. show the world that China is not made up of cruel and selfish people but people of generosity and sharing as exemplify by the rebuilding of Sichuan. I am proud at the response of Chinese public and goverment to the tragedy of Sichuan

Proof that those dissident like Ai Wei Wei is nothing but paid agent provocateur who is out to profit from tragedy and nothing but big mouth

Nice pictures.

I read somewhere that actually building heights of about three-four levels tends to be the most susceptible to earthquake damage.

Having different provinces rebuilding Sichuan together is a very smart move for many reasons.