During the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, tens of thousands of school children were buried alive due to the inferior building quality in the area. (see report)
After the tragedy, the Chinese population questioned whether the corrupt officials behind the problem had learned a lesson from what the locals called a “manmade disaster.”
Two years later, time has told them that the officials have not.
A widely circulated online article shows that one of the reconstructed post-disaster buildings collapsed on July 1, in Mainzhu City’s Hanwangzhen Town, one of the earthquake-hit areas.
