Chinese investigators uncovered falsified construction, supervision and inspection records in a highway bridge project that collapsed in Shaanxi Province in 2024, killing or leaving missing 62 people, according to an official notice released Monday.
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On July 19, 2024, a highway bridge collapsed in Shangluo City, Shaanxi Province, resulting in 62 deaths and disappearances. The collapsed highway had been in use for less than six years. Nearly two years later, the Chinese Communist Party officially announced the cause of the collapse: the supervisor approved the construction unit's decision not to construct according to the blueprints, but instead conducted acceptance testing based on the origi…