28. China Is Run by Engineers. America Is Run by Lawyers.

In his new book “Breakneck,” Dan Wang argues that the U.S. has a lot to learn from China. He also says that “no two peoples are more alike.” We have questions.

SOURCES:Dan Wang • , research fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, author of Breakneck: China's Quest to Engineer the Future.

RESOURCES:Breakneck: China's Quest to Engineer the Future, • by Dan Wang (2025). The Anaconda in the Chandelier: Writings on China, • by Perry Link (2025). • " Is the U.S. Ready for the Next War? • " by Dexter Filkins (The New Yorker, • 2025). • " How smartphones made Shenzhen China’s innovation capital • ," by Dan Wang (2016). How China Escaped the Poverty Trap, • by Yuen Yuen Ang (2016). The Art of Not Being Governed, • by Jame Scott (2009).

EXTRAS: • " The Engineering State and the Lawyerly Society: Dan Wang on his new book 'Breakneck • ,'" by the Sinica Podcast • (2025). • " Is the U.S. Really Less Corrupt Than China? • " by Freakonomics Radio • (2021).

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