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A Historical Thought on Bamboo Scaffolding

Posted: November 29th, 2025 | No Comments »

The utter nonsense being talked about bamboo scaffolding among some in China/HK & almost universally in the western media… here the Cathay (Peace) Hotel on the Shanghai Bund under construction in 1928 with bamboo scaffolding…. credit: the University of Bristol ‘Historical Photographs of China’ project….



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