The 75-story Shenzhen Saige Building has been shaking for three consecutive days since May 18, and the incident has drawn attention from all sides. The U.S. Consulate General in Guangzhou recently issued a security alert instructing U.S. citizens to avoid Saige Building and Huaqiang North. The U.S. Consulate General in Guangzhou has issued a security alert instructing U.S. citizens to avoid the Saige Building and Huaqiang North.
Hong Kong media Apple Daily reported that some employees of the building revealed that they had felt the shaking several times on May 13 and “shook especially hard” on May 18, and that the Sage Building, which had been closed and partially unsealed several times, shook for the third time on May 20. The Shenzhen office of the Open University of Hong Kong is located on the 31st floor of the Sage Plaza building, a female employee said that the entire building has been closed, everyone has been evacuated, to obtain permission to return to pick up objects.
The authorities claim to have sent experts to conduct a preliminary investigation, that the building vibration, tilt, settlement and other conditions are in line with safety specifications. However, a master’s thesis from Huazhong University of Science and Technology circulated on the Internet 20 years ago, exposing the construction of the Sage Building, there are problems with the construction and design, and therefore had sawed short roof antennas to avoid shaking.
In addition, there are also rumors on the Internet that the building is shaking with a large number of bitcoin mining machines resonating in the building, as well as the developer’s unauthorized changes to the building design drawings.
To date, the panel has not been able to determine the actual cause of the building’s shaking.
The U.S. Consulate General in Guangzhou recently informed that U.S. citizens and employees in Guangzhou are instructed to avoid visiting the Sage Tower until further notice due to its shaking on the 18th.
Hong Kong current affairs commentator Liu Ruishao said that the U.S. consulate’s approach is rare and objectively has a propaganda warfare effect, as there are many doubts about the Saige Building incident and the official explanation from the Chinese Communist Party has failed to calm social concerns. The U.S. used to take a stand only on issues related to U.S. interests or politically sensitive issues related to China, but this time reflects that the U.S. may begin to target non-politically sensitive events and launch a propaganda war against China (CCP), “a single issue although the impact is not large, but can gradually eat each other’s image.
The newspaper said the special correspondent to the evening of the 20th to view the vicinity of the Sage Building, the building has been taped around the enclosed, but the flow of people along the road has not decreased.
Building engineer Poon Cheuk-hung said, according to public information and film, I believe the building is not in danger of collapse. However, he said that the complex structure of the Sage Building underground, the construction of the nearby Huaqiang North pedestrian street, has dug deep ground, or affect the building foundation part, the truth can only be further proof after the expert field investigation.
The cover news reported that on May 21, a notice from the Sage Building merchants signed by Shenzhen Sage Group Co., Ltd. showed that the Sage Group decided to suspend all owners, merchants and tenants from entering and leaving the office building and electronic market of Sage Building from 00:00 on May 21, to be opened in an orderly manner after the completion of relevant testing work, and relevant matters will be notified. From the Sage Plaza management office confirmed the content of the notice, the management office said, today the merchants have been unable to enter and exit, the specific opening time to wait for government departments to notify.
Saige Building is a well-known landmark in Shenzhen, located in Huaqiang North Street. Huaqiang North has the name of “China’s first street of electronics”, Sage Building is the tallest building in Huaqiang North, Sage Square is the main domestic bitcoin and other virtual currency “mining machine” sales town.
The construction of the Sage Building began in 1996, was completed in September 1999, and was fully completed in 2000. During its construction, the building set a record of one floor every 2.7 days in Shenzhen.
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