http://www.democracyandsociety.com/blog/2010/01/12/earthquake-reduces-rubble-to-more-rubble/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=earthquake-reduces-rubble-to-more-rubble Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:57:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.democracyandsociety.com/blog/2010/01/12/earthquake-reduces-rubble-to-more-rubble/comment-page-1/#comment-386 Josh Thu, 14 Jan 2010 03:18:10 +0000 http://www.democracyandsociety.com/blog/?p=1072#comment-386 The reports of widespread building collapses due to substandard construction remind me of the collapses following the 2008 Sichuan earthquake and similar accusations of negligence and fraud on the part of construction companies. I do have a tendency to see many things through the lens of rule of law, but this one seems particularly on point. The reports of widespread building collapses due to substandard construction remind me of the collapses following the 2008 Sichuan earthquake and similar accusations of negligence and fraud on the part of construction companies. I do have a tendency to see many things through the lens of rule of law, but this one seems particularly on point.

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