I feel like I'm seeing more and more of this kind of conjecture on HN about things that are quite easy to verify.
It also surprises me that anyone would assume they're either operating without any standardisation or that they'd only be doing it informally. It's China, first of all, and it's the 21st century.
I feel like I'm seeing more and more of this kind of conjecture on HN about things that are quite easy to verify.
It also surprises me that anyone would assume they're either operating without any standardisation or that they'd only be doing it informally. It's China, first of all, and it's the 21st century.
The guidelines from the local government are available here: https://www.bd.gov.hk/doc/en/resources/codes-and-references/...
The bamboo is specified by genus, age, drying time, thickness etc. with exact tolerances given for variation.