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Fri 09 Sep 2008Quake report blames bad buildings
CHINA:A CHINESE official assessing the destruction in Sichuan province caused by the May 12th earthquake has acknowledged that shoddy construction could be the reason so many schools collapsed, killing thousands of children.
"The structures were not necessarily reasonable and the materials were not necessarily strong enough. Both are possibilities," said Ma Zongjin, chairman of an official committee of experts assessing the quake damage.
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