“One of the longest bridges in northern China collapsed on Friday, just nine months after it opened, setting off a storm of criticism from Chinese Internet users and underscoring questions about the quality of construction in the country’s rapid expansion of its infrastructure. China’s large economic stimulus program in 2009 and 2010 helped the country avoid most of the effects of the global economic downturn, but it involved incurring heavy debt to pay for the rapid construction of new bridges, highways and high-speed rail lines all over the country.”
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