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Are you implying that there wasn't controversy over the Big Dig? I remember plenty.

I read the article as having a strongly anti Chinese bias. So I think Shivetya's point was a fair one which is "Should this be a story on government mishandling of big projects" as the lead and move away from the Chinese bashing? Or is there a legitimate angle for the overall story about the fact the cheapest bid also happened to be a Chinese company.

The communication problems detailed in the article, coupled with the pre-construction work that was completed in China and then shipped across the Pacific, makes a difference when it comes to the management of the project.

That's not to say that these are unique problems because the contracting firm was Chinese, rather than, say, French. However, in this case it is relevant to the overall narrative that the challenges exist, because they make it that much harder to proactively address quality deficiencies.

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