# Shark Tank Explodes in Shanghai Mall

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shark-tank-explodes-in-shanghai-mall/645344>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 28, 2012, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shark-tank-explodes-in-shanghai-mall/645344 "2012-12-28T03:43:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2012, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shark-tank-explodes-in-shanghai-mall/645344/21 "2012-12-31T13:23:06Z")

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> [@bump](#):
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> That’s what they get for buying cheap Chinese crap…

No doubt. It seems like every month or two we hear of another incident in which relatively new Chinese infrastructure fails spectacularly:

[Chinese Motorway Collapses Ten Months After Completion](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2192940/Made-China-Motorway-collapses-10-months-built--manage-build-worlds-largest-armchair.html)

[Shanghai Building Collapses, Nearly Intact](http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2009/06/29/shanghai-building-collapses-nearly-intact/)

This incident seems no different: the aquarium was only two years old.

Soon the Chinese will [attempt to build the world’s tallest skyscraper in just 90 days.](http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/china-company-plans-build-world-largest-skyscraper-90-days-article-1.1207643) I won’t predict _certain_ disaster, but I’ll assert a far higher probability of disaster (during or shortly after construction) than we would tolerate here in the US.

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**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2012, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shark-tank-explodes-in-shanghai-mall/645344/22 "2012-12-31T14:00:15Z")

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> [@Machine\_Elf](#):
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> Soon the Chinese will [attempt to build the world’s tallest skyscraper in just 90 days.](http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/china-company-plans-build-world-largest-skyscraper-90-days-article-1.1207643) I won’t predict _certain_ disaster, but I’ll assert a far higher probability of disaster (during or shortly after construction) than we would tolerate here in the US.

Maybe they’re looking to challenge for the “Largest Domino Toppling” world record?

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