Breakneck

Dan Wang's Breakneck offers a riveting account of China's rapid rise, from towering bridges to sprawling factories, and the social costs of such speed. Blending analysis and reportage, Wang contrasts China's engineering-driven state with America's lawyerly, slow-moving society. Amid tense US-China relations, he shows how each superpower models lessons for the other: efficiency and liberty, growth and individual rights, offering a provocative framework to understand both nations.