Workers destroy ancient Chinese tombs

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#1

Score 1 for IKEA.

[quote]BEIJING (Reuters) - About 10 ancient tombs dating back nearly 1,800 years have been destroyed by construction workers building an IKEA branch in Nanjing in southeastern China, a city newspaper said on Tuesday.

The tombs – from the “six dynasties” period from AD 220 to 589 – were uncovered on the outskirts of the ancient capital in Jiangsu province, the Nanjing Morning Post said…
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So much for the value of history in the PRC…“Its just 1 year repeated 5,000 times dammit!”

#2

:frowning:

[quote]Under Chinese law, people or work units found destroying “ancient tombs” can be fined 50,000 to 500,000 yuan (about $6,600-$65,700) but the laws are weakly enforced, the newspaper said.

Developers would sometimes rather pay the fine than delay or cancel construction projects, it added.[/quote]

This is China, dammit. They should just execute the developers!

#3

[quote=“Dragonbones”]:frowning:

[quote]Under Chinese law, people or work units found destroying “ancient tombs” can be fined 50,000 to 500,000 yuan (about $6,600-$65,700) but the laws are weakly enforced, the newspaper said.

Developers would sometimes rather pay the fine than delay or cancel construction projects, it added.[/quote]

This is China, dammit. They should just execute the developers![/quote]

It’s China:they don’t let things like archaeological treasures stand in the way of progress!

#4

Just catching up on what they missed during the Cultural Revolution.

#5

I bet those workers shat themselves when someone told them what kind of prices they could have got on the black market!

But face it, they’re broken people, especially the married blokes. “You had your big chance and you put your farking mattock right through it!”

HG