A video of what appears to be quartz breaking through the surface of a road is going viral on TikTok. I haven’t talked much about Chinese social media platforms out of concern that they are spying on their users, as the Financial Times reports. OK. Actually, I’m too old to understand the humor in it. As it turns out, the torn and pockmarked roads may be in TikTok’s home country, and the shoddy construction that plagues China may be to blame.
The video in question is a repost from several months ago, traced back to the r/China subreddit, with Reddit users citing the “tofu scum project” common in the Eastern superpower. They go on to blame hasty road construction for the boulders breaking through the asphalt. Here is the video by TikTok:
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China’s rush to develop and expand construction has similarly gained notoriety around the world, with some projects falling through the cracks amid corruption allegations and shoddy construction, according to the Wall Street Journal. ing. But poor construction quality doesn’t seem to be limited to the company’s overseas projects, as roads in major Chinese cities and beyond are plagued by large sinkholes, cleanly cracked with chunks of crystal.
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