The Problem With Chinese Local Governments' Fake Property Deals

Tofu drag or tofu dross or tofu slag construction is about taking shortcuts, which inevitably lead to these very unsafe situations. I just thought that this was kind of related, that it turns out that Chinese local governments have used fake property deals To boost their revenue recently. China's economy is in a lot of trouble right now And they're doing all these underhanded tricks to try and prop it up and boost it. This all ties into this tofu-drags stuff because they sell these things They get lots of investment from potential buyers, they get investment Then they quickly build these high rises, but very quickly and very cheaply. The fire hydrants don't work, or the

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