The Diplomat

Hongqi Bridge Collapse Is a Warning. China’s Leaders Should Listen.

Earlier this month, officials abruptly closed the 758-meter Hongqi Bridge in Sichuan after cracks appeared in the surrounding terrain. Within a day, landslides tore through the mountainside, ...
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How Did a Brand-New Bridge Collapse in China? Experts Blame Speed Over Safety

A section of the Hongqi Bridge in Sichuan province collapsed on 11 November 11, just months after opening, following a mountain slope failure that triggered a landslide. The bridge, part of National ...
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Sichuan Road & Bridge Shares Fall 3% as £1B China Infrastructure Collapse

A newly constructed Chinese bridge has collapsed just months after opening, causing its contractor's shares, the Sichuan Road and Bridge Group stock, to tumble 3% in after-hours trading on Tuesday, 11 ...
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Bridge collapse raises questions about the pace of China's infrastructure development

A section of the newly opened Hongqi Bridge collapsed in China's mountainous Sichuan Province, apparently after a landslide. Here & Now's Peter O'Dowd speaks with Dan Wang, research fellow at Stanford ...