After Just One Month, China's Tofu-Dreg Rail Tracks Fall From Heights in Thailand 

It's wild because about a year ago China was trying to take credit for a bridge in Turkey that survived a earthquake. The bridge was actually 1,000km away from the quake and was built by Korean and Turkish contractors. China's only involvement was a Chinese subcontractor was hired to do a wind resistance test 😂

If the Chinese projects are faulty, don't pay for them.

Made in China is translated into Tofu-Dreg in many countries.

Has there ever been a time where "Made in China" meant superior quality instead of cheap prices? If so, I don't remember it. Now scale that manufacturing up to major construction projects.

In Singapore, we used to use Japanese trains for our rail and Japanese lifts for our public housing. When all these were changed to china-made, the drop in quality was very obvious, including breakdowns.

I can't believe we allowed our medicines to go over there and be made That is the most ridiculously insane thing.

Thank you. People are understanding what China is doing.!!!!!!

I'm waiting for the Three Gorges Dam failure that seems inevitable.

The Belt & Road Initiative of China is doomed to fail. 1. China's construction processes are incompetent. Construction is done by habit. Designers, managers and workers will work the same way from project to project. It is impossible for them to do one project poorly to save money, and then do the next one at high quality. The workers will do the same work. So, tofu dreg projects are to be expected. 2. Debt slavery or debt colonialism won't work. No matter what the contracts say, nations can simply not pay. Payment of contracts between countries can only be guaranteed under the threat of military force. That is how the French, English, Dutch, and others maintained and enforced their colonial rule. Colonial rule has ended. China has no ability to threaten military enforcement of its B&RI contracts. First, China has no expeditionary forces. Secondly, the western powers would oppose any Chinese effort to military enforcement of its contracts. Lastly, any country that was a colony knows exactly what they need to do to oppose any such action. China has really screwed up.

My friend who is a senior train operator in that company said it was because of shoddy construction. The electric supply rail under the train threw an arc and melted the steel bolts holding up the concrete beams. This means there is some construction defect during concrete beam casting which allows the arc to travel to ground and travel through the steel bolt. If you see the rail construction closely you can see corners which are cut, missing bolts and nuts, wonky concrete beams. Such an embarassing state of our country that our government decide​s to buy this train system. China knows our politicians are corrupt and so they knew how to make them follow.

What did you expect Selling yourself to the Devil This is karma

Feels nice to know that philippines left china's BRI and avoided chinesium

I work in hai di lao restaurant and our restaurant manager bought a dryer and washing machine(that is made in china; some chinese brand that is unheard of) that couldn't even last more than 3 months.

You know, the first time I was in Thailand and saw that the skytrain was incomplete, I asked someone if it was Chinese funded, and upon hearing "yes", I immediately knew this project was doomed to fail. They've been at it for years, especially in the min buri area (pink line)...But it's not only the line that might fail, last year an escalator failed and a lot of people were injured.

The Chinese faulty dam project seen in this video is quite concerning because currently the Kaliwa Dam project here in the Philippines is currently being built by CEEC a Chinese government contractor.

Over the last couple of years I have noticed a severe decline in quality of China made products. None for me anymore thank you

Whoa 😲 tofu spreading into Thailand... Malaysia need to stay clear

Good job India, you picked Japan over China HSR.

The BRI strategy could have been great for China. If China's projects had quality construction, and superior project management it would have worked. Projects being done on-time and under-budget would have shown the superiority of working with China. Countries would have gotten the infrastructure they need, and China would have gotten great goodwill. China's global influence would have soared. However, China decided to use bribery, which led to bad decisions. Also, by not using local workers, the people in many nations have come to resent and oppose China. Instead of goodwill, China has gotten hate. If you notice, the western powers no longer show any concern of fear of the BRI projects.

Just looking at the video, you can tell the concrete was done wrong, you can see the joints of the structure. I worked in construction most of my young life and on very large scale construction projects, industrial buildings, etc. I can tell you right now, i would not approve that rail system for use. That project looks dangerous.

There's an old saying in construction and that is "It only has to last a year for the warranty.

It was designed and built with "Chinese Characteristics". I am hoping many of the countries that fell for the B&R are smart enough to back out of it. Also, I hope the Asian countries have safeguards from CCP influence, culture, and mentality for all of the Chinese moving into their country.

Those countries should not pay for those shotty building defects. Guess they will never learn.

Frequently such as in Cambodia, the Chinese bring in Chinese construction worker to build projects that even force locals out of their homes in some cases. This action also takes away jobs that locals should be awarded. Many of the works stay in new apartment buildings and home prices go up and further punish locals. They even get rules changed so as even their existence remains confidential. China doesn’t want these countries to repay the loans for projects. They want to have a presents in these countries for influence. They negotiate to lower tariffs to zero for Chinese goods.

Wow, just wow! Italy is partying, and having a great new year. (Woohoo) 🥂They avoided a huge financial and destructive abyss, for themselves. By canceling those tofu contracts with China, and waking the fk up, in time. Now hope everyone else does. Happy New Year! Cheers! 🥂

That's the Belt and Road Initiative for you

Anyone else remembering the Monorail skit/song from the Simpsons many years ago? 😂😅

Come on China!you cant even build a roof??

Projek Forest City di Johor Malaysia juga mengalami kegagalan berbilion Rm dibawah kontraktor China sehingga kawasan itu digelar bandar hantu.. Projek rumah kedua untuk warga asing terutama dari china bersebelahan dengan Singapura.. Kerajaan Johor kerugian besar disebabkan tidak ada pembeli dari luar negara..

"Made in China" labels have always caused concerns of lower quality, but in the last several years, that lower quality has been much worse.

My old teacher Mr Peen used to work at the factory that produced the concrete. He said the bosses forced workers to mix in low cost materials like bat droppings and ground up insects to lower costs.

”The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten.” attributed to Benjamin Franklin

13:00 i remember the last train accident that fell off one of those high rise rails & they dug a hole and buried it people and all

Why am I not surprised? Chinese construction companies have every incentive and ample opportunity to skimp on labor and material to maximize profit on overseas BRI projects. Let's see if the host country uses this opportunity to cancel this and other projects for substandard work.

I wonder who is involved with making that new Highway from BKK to Korat, Nakhon Ratchasima! The Chinese?? I want to know before I ever want to use it!! Chinese can only make shitty things that fall apart!!

I'm proud to be an American, where at least new construction won't fall on me...

China number 1 in Tofu Dreg technology! ❤❤❤

Thailand should demand full compensation from china, and if it refuses then Thailand should refuse to pay back any "loan" from china as its own way of getting full compensation. If worst comes to worst, it should break off all diplomatic relations with CCP china and recognize Taiwan as a legitimate state.

Anyone surprised? 😮😅

I call ‘bullshit’. The electrical components of this line in Thailand are supplied by a non Chinese company. The cause of the failure was the rupture of bolts, replacements of which are being shipped from Germany. It may be true that China facilitated loans to many countries for mega construction projects, but that does not mean that all components used are Chinese and it does not mean that the on-site engineers are Chinese. Perhaps you need to quote some local sources who actually describe the causes with first-hand knowledge, before you start attributing blame, without any facts.

The main problem is that contracts and the loans and payment schedules are not transparent where the citizens of those countries can`t understand the debt repayment.They just see a project, well built or shoddy , and don`t realize what they have to pay. Government representatives almost assuredly are getting bribes to go along with a project which is why details of where the money goes while being built is hidden.Why is it hidden? it is for bribes.

Reminds me of the sub prime mortgage fiasco of 2008 where people who obviously couldn’t afford houses were given mortgages.

Paying for the cheapest government projects doesn’t mean that you will save the most money in the end.

Oh dang, they should have built it underground.... Oh wait, i remember the one in China flooding with dozens dead and they covered the windows and just buried the dead in the subway cars never mind.

Short sighted and destructive greed by corrupt politicians and shareholders always causes tragic outcomes for the general public. They are the ones who pay for the damage done and suffering the consequences.

Third world leaders (and many others) only really care about their “consulting fees” when these projects are proposed. They will rarely be held responsible for their project’s performance. Instead, they walk away as heroes for arranging them. When they go tits up, countries find poorly designed performance contracts (no doubt “legal consultants” were involved) means China escapes leaving the nation to pick up the tab. When debt default occurs, the Chinese walk away with a nation’s raw materials at a huge discount, which is what they went for in the first place.

Lesson learned from this video -never travel in a Chinese train! Or EV for that matter, or almost anything else. How the CCP continues to get away from all these disasters is amazing to say the least.

Is this just BS...? Newpaper did not say anything....👈😕

Could not imagine so many countries fell for the low budget rail. Going cheap will cost them more in the long run.... massive maintenance cost and many life of the rail commuters unfortunately. Welcome to China's Tofu technology!

There are many railway being built in the Philippines. I hope they are not a tofu engineering.

Sorry but Thailand doesn't take loan from china. This rail is 100% make by Thai company and loans in Thailand. Only take some blueprint and design from china so it work together. In fact that pink line is "mono rail" that it self is not in One belt one road. Only connect to rail system.

I feel bad for smaller counties who accepted projects built by the Shifty Chinese.

That'll teach them to do things on the cheap...

Seems like Thailand should be getting the money back. Why would any country want china to build anything for them.

Like they say cheaper isn't always better you well pay more in the long run than if you just bought the more expensive one to begin with

In Europe, railway carriages are built with an internal space frame which keeps the carriages from being crushed in accidents. Looking at the images of relatively slow impacts, the chinese carriages look like they are made of paper. Not very safe.

The things built also have a tendency to break down a few years after finishing. In China at least the tofu dregs last a decade or two. In the brinc countries they can't even last 5 years.

China has overinvested in all kinds of projects all over the world but neglected to build a strong domestic consumer market that they can depend on when foriegn customers start buying elsewhere.

Excellent reporting! Am I hearing another real voice?? Hope so! Really appreciate it!

So, why train in my country (made in China) is completed and still normal. And speed more than 350 km/h.

No suprise.

Wishing Good Luck For Indonesia High Speed Rail 😢

Can you imagine the quality of the new HSR china built in Indonesia?Would you really trust it?

Why does this remind me of a Simpson's episode. Thailand fell for the "monorail".

Surprise surprise tofu engineering 😂😂😂😂.

The sad part is that the old ways of China's culture put high value on doing a good job. Communism has stripped the people of their pride in some sense.

I have just checked on the Google. According to Wikipedia's list of bridge failures from 2000 to present, 39 American bridges collapsed during this period and China only 14! And the latest American built suspension bridge has collapsed after only 4 months! Now you tell me. Which country's constructions are more tofu dreg then? Oh, I forgot. It's not 39, but 40 now. Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge has just collapsed into the sea like a house of card!

When was this? Didn’t see it in Bangkok post.

It's one thing to build shoddy constructions in other countries, but to do so on your very own soil is just outrageous.

This failure is entirely the fault of the local transport authority for not properly supervising and monitoring construction methods and techniques.

Did they check how long the warrantee lasted? ... not long enough!

Reminds me of the new american and australian homes being built today they fall apart after a year or 2

This is just standard for BRI projects, very few have had no problems. Many due to incorrectly mixed concrete, which cracks and crumbles, something that would never happen if they had basic quality control. Countries are starting to wake up to the scam and are leaving the BRI.

what a scam. saddle the buyer with debt, give them a shotty project that needs repair or replacing and then take ports or resources when said buyer cannot pay. Wars will break out over this.

DAMN.... JUST 2 DAYS TO OPEN.....

Nice Chenise building.

I bet this bloggers recording was done by a least 1 Chinese electrical equipment. Chinese is not forcing anyone to Contract their services. Before you guys criticise China, as your governments to start manufacturing again and the Chinese will be out of business.

oh gods, China also built several buildings and roads in the Philippines years ago. it caused controversy because ALL the construction workers were from China (a lot of them were bald, so they may have also been Prisoner slave labor), they didnt hire any local Filipino workers. I really do hope none of those buildings kill anyone when it crumbles like the rotten tofu that it is.

We are thankful that most of the infra in our country were constructed by Japanese,Koreans and of course Filipino Engrs..

another aim of China has been to aquire military property such as ports , airbases , resources from countries that are unable to repai the China loans , this is a back door way to gain world dominance.

The Philippines turned around 360 away from China and most of their infrastructures are "MADE IN JAPAN"

Angola should demand full compensation from china, and if it refuses then Angola should refuse to pay back any "loan" from china as its own way of getting full compensation. If worst comes to worst, it should break off all diplomatic relations with CCP china and recognize Taiwan as a legitimate state.

China is smart. Promise big things with shoddy efforts for resources in return. 😂

why do they even waste the construction money just to build short term garbage.

Sounds like the installation failed, not the hardware.

There are new trains made by CRRC in the United States, including Boston and Chicago. I wonder if those trains are running into serious problems?

Japanese rail is perfect

Will see,😎

Born, raised and fallen down in China.

None of this should surprise anyone. China has always had a reputation for making junk. This is just on a grand scale.

USA observer: the Bay bridge in San Francisco was built by China after American , European, Japanese, and South Korean had no confidence to accept the contract. US was so pleased with the finished bridge that it rewarded the workers with $30 millions. Amen.😊

China used to do so much better. The BRI would have been an opportunity to sell China to the world, but instead everyone is getting to learn the term "Tofu dreg". It kind of reminds me of the monorail in The Simpsons, only worse.

Government tend to go for Design and Build as the prefer solution. As it is deem cheaper because contractor will use their' preferred construction method and OPTIMISED design. In such project, there are insufficient oversight and quality control

Tell me people, why is anyone surprised with the quality of Chinese goods and products?

The faster it built, the faster it fall😂

Hope them recent Chinese built Bridges in San Francisco and New Jersey respectively are safe ?

Aren't many things sold in three's these days.

Lack of experience (leaving corruption out for now) in management skills is a growth pain. We learn from our mistakes and strive for constant improvement. When China was first opening up, foreign companies came in to build hotels. They charged a lot and money went out from China. I remember the Chinese wanting to develop engineering skills and built (one of?) their first hotels. The top was to rotate but was out of level so doesn't. Simple mistake was to install (really nice) carpeting before interior construction was complete. Simple mistake but big consequences. (By the way, only the top 2% get admission to universities, I would have "failed entrance exams" and been assigned a lifelong job." People should remember that people learn and self correct. )

The Chinese rail system does not even have the common sense to move the derelict tug locomotive in at night in order to affect the tow. Basic common sense when you have such a high degree of needy feelings of control over what is perceived.

I'm so glad the UK government (in it's limited wisdom) decided to cancel the Chinese (Tofu Dreg Land) built nuclear power station in south western Engerland. Could you imagine what would have happened when it malfunctioned - for it surely would. Most things Chinese built are sub-standard although they 'look' good - but are not. Ironically one item they build that are good are the heavy duty bull-dozers and excavators - they are used all over the world and command a good retail price, even second hand machines command a good price for they work well. So what is going on in China? If there's one death on British railway systems it's a big thing and there's large investigations as to what happened and why yet we see China has over six hundred per year.. it clearly shows you risk your life when taking Chinese (Tofu Dreg) railways.