Can the US Beat China’s Engineering State?
From high-speed rail to electric cars to batteries to AI, it’s clear that China can operate with incredible speed at massive scale. Can the US still compete?
We sat down with Dan Wang, a Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution and the author of “Breakneck: China’s Quest to Engineer the Future” to discuss.
Timecodes:
0:00 Introduction
1:36 Lawyers vs. Engineers: Cultural and Economic Differences
4:06 Urban and Rural Life: Comparing Infrastructure
7:20 Barriers to Progress: Regulation and Governance
11:00 Industrial Policy and Public-Private Partnerships
14:20 The Double-Edged Sword of Legal…
The skinny
The skinny isn't ready yet — notes appear once the transcript is processed.