As the United States and China battle overthe finer points of currency manipulation at the G-20 summit, American negotiators may want to take note of this startling testimonial to the productivity of Chinese workers: A construction crew in the south-central Chinese city of Changsha hascompleted a 15-story hotel in just six days. If nothing else, this remarkable achievement will stoke further complaints from American economic pundits thatChina's economy is far more accomplished than oursin tending to such basics as construction
source : yahoo news
Despite the frenetic pace of construction, no workers were injured -- and thanks to the prefab nature of the process, the builders wasted very few construction materials. Below is a time-lapse video that shows the hotel being built from the ground up in less than a week:
