AsiaPundit is a believer in the huge erection index. That the construction of the world’s largest building indicates hubris and an climax apex of economic growth. Brian Mathes, with rightful skepticism, points to an item that indicates far more trouble could be caused by the desire to build the biggest, largest or tallest anything.:

    TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - The weight of the world’s tallest skyscraper - specially built to withstand Taiwan’s frequent earthquakes - could be causing a rise in the number of tremors beneath it, a professor from the island wrote in a scientific journal.

    Lin Cheng-horng, an earthquake specialist at the National Taiwan Normal University in the capital, Taipei, says the 1,679-foot Taipei 101 building - named for the number of floors - might rest on an earthquake fault line.

Photo of Taipei 101 via the Foreigner.

While he has doubts about the earthquake theory, AsiaPundit is still expecting Shanghai’s World Financial Center to be an climax apex for the city’s property market growth.

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