Yet another high quality example....

Glue used to repair bridge cracks

A construction team who poured structural adhesive into the rifts of a bridge to keep it from falling apart has been asked to start the job again, xinhuanet.com reported.

The Hanzhongmen Bridge in Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu province, which was constructed three years ago and completed on November 18, 2008, is a main passageway connecting Hexi district and downtown Nanjing.

Officials of Nanjing Construction Committee first found the rifts and contracted a construction team to repair the bridge. "We found cracks in 55 railings due to the seasonal contraction of the building materials and the sinking of the groundwork," said Zhou Jianping, vice director of Nanjing Construction Committee.

The team, however, decided to finish the work in a creative way by using adhesive glue on the stone-made bridge. The repairs led to huge media exposure in Nanjing and criticism from the public.

The municipal constructive department held a news conference Wednesday and asked the construction team to return to the job. The final repair will be completed by the end of January next year and cost about 500,000 yuan ($73,250) which will be covered by the original construction

Another prime example...

Faulty chargers. You might get zapped from one of these so please make sure you go and get the charger replaced!... 14 million faulty units...

What do they say again, you can't get quality and cheap in the same package...

Hi people...

Now something different....



And lets not forget the fact that China is moving 15 000 people to different area to live because the lead levels in children's blood are too high!!!! Way to go, again.....

Ok, ok... It's been awhile.... What has happened in the industry... Well, electronics/ telecomms is apparently doing a bit better since I was called back to work from the temporarty lay-off period.

I guess outsourcing has taken some hit as well during the financial turmoil...

Anyhow, summer is here!!!

Chinese furniture

This is an oldie but still a good one....

http://plaza.fi/ellit/koti/rakas-koti/rakas-koti-nojatuolista-ihottumaa

It's in finnish, but the story goes that an armchair covered with chinese fabric caused very bad skin irritation and rash.

GO OUTSOURCING GO! And not only the outsourcing is the problem but all the cheap imported crap that's shipped here.

I truly and sincerely hope, that the current financial crisis acts as some sort of wake up call for people to start really think about the whole chain how products are being made and with what resources....

-vesuri

More happy news! This is a real treat....

Chinese-made drywall ruining homes, owners say

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/03/18/chinese.drywall/index.html


Tip of the iceberg is what comes to my mind.... If the financial crisis was caused by greed, so....


-vesuri

I am very happy to see people who have same kind of thoughts;

http://www.pinsiontaimisto.fi/pinsio/index.html

Finnish gardening company has put chinese products in boycot.

-vesuri