That building would be the Taipei 101 building in Taiwan, and this massive damper system prevented serious damage during the recent deadly earth quakes on the chi-com mainland.
What's interesting about the 101 is that it has a gigantic suspended tuned mass damper, or hanging ball, which takes up four stories and works like this to prevent the building from falling over and tragically crushing office workers. This 730 ton sphere looks intimidating when still, but wait until you see it in motion during the earthquake.Video.
