China Builds, The US Regulates - EP 35 Dan Wang
In this episode, Dan Wang comes on the show to discuss his new book Breakneck: China’s Quest to Engineer the Future.
I’ll start by noting that the book is fantastic, and you should read it. It’s a well-researched, vibrant account of how China became dominated by its engineering culture. The country has displayed an unmatched ability to build over the past forty years, and Wang traces the scale of these accomplishments in detail. He also documents how pervasive this engineering mindset is by diving into the one-child and zero-Covid policies, and the brutally efficient ways they were carried…
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