Demolition porn: Watch nineteen Chinese buildings pulverised in 10 seconds flat
Trust the manufacturing capital of the world to make a viral video out of urban renewal.
A new business park and a 707-metre tall skyscraper will come up in the city of Wuhan in China. It was a residential site earlier, with 19 blocks of flats that had to be demolished.
In an age where people can’t have enough of anything from cats to food on the internet, demolition too has become the subject of rivetting videos. Especially when shot with two cameras, and given the disaster movie treatment, as in this case.
In the video above, the job is completed in 10 seconds flat with five tonnes of explosives. The sheer speed of it all led some people to question the country’s building standards.
@XHNews what kind of house can be destroyed in 10 seconds was it made of boxes?
— Robert Matano (@kodma541) January 23, 2017
Others tried a dose of whataboutery.
@Echinanews it takes us months to fill a few potholes.
— AUDIE (@eladem47coy) January 23, 2017
Still others questioned the demolished standards.
@RT_com but one building did not fall
— jan oskar hansen (@benafim) January 23, 2017
For some, it was a time to delve into long debunked conspiracy theories.
@CGTNOfficial The same as 9/11 ,, twin towers were demolished by the CIA in the same way. pic.twitter.com/ZhGWfH8b07
— Fariborz Zak (@fariborzzak) January 23, 2017