Demolish them all: China’s 2 types of ‘tofu-dreg’ villages face deadly fate

“Tofu-dreg” projects have long become common in China, and have attracted much attention worldwide. The term was first coined by former Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji in 1998, and is now used to describe poorly constructed projects.

The problem sparked many social discussions in China, especially after the 2008 earthquake in Sichuan province, when many students died under collapsed school buildings. Several decades have passed, yet, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has never managed to solve it. Today in China, there are many types of tofu-dreg projects, such as:

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