China to act over shoddy building

China says design defects and aging are the reasons why so many school buildings collapsed in the recent earthquake. The central government has launched an investigation and vowed to take harsh action against any state-owned companies found to have built substandard public buildings.

• 2008-05-26T19:05:35+00:00
• Duration: 01:35

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