From China Daily:
118-meter-high Never-used Building in NW. China Demolished
Directional blasting demolition of a high-rise building is completed successfully at 7 a.m. on November 15, 2015 in Xi'an, in northwestern China's Shaanxi province. [Photo: Xinhua/Tao Ming]
The building was 118 meters high (27 floors) with a total construction area of over 37000 square meters.HT: Mark Constantine
Having been left unused for too long, the building could not be brought back into use so local government decided to demolish it.
It is reported to be the highest building that has ever been demolished in China.
Previously:
Frequent Bridge Collapses Help Boost China’s GDP
Czechs Going All Chinese (GDP-wise)
...But central bank Governor Miroslav Singer cautioned against confusing gross domestic product (GDP) growth with wealth.
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