Landslide, by the way. Natural disaster, not structural engineering failure. But that kind of “detail” is of course not going to be mentioned.

I could point to several bridges no more than 100km away from me that collapsed during the severe flooding we had in Germany in 2021. And some of them are still not rebuilt.

Shit happens when you have natural disasters, what’s important is how you deal with it. China closed the bridge just in time and avoided any casualties.

How much do you want to bet China will rebuild the bridge, if not in this exact place then just a little further away over the same valley within a year at most?