{"product_id":"breakneck-dan-wang-9781324106036","title":"Breakneck: China's Quest to Engineer the Future","description":"\u003cp\u003eTechnology analyst Dan Wang--\"an indispensable voice on China\" (Evan Osnos) for close to a decade--has been living through the country's astonishing, messy progress. In this time, building big has fueled China's economic ascent. But social engineering has led to unbearable costs, including the traumas of zero-COVID and the cruel legacies of the one-child policy. In \u003cem\u003eBreakneck\u003c\/em\u003e, Wang traverses dazzling metropolises and factory complexes, blending political, economic, and philosophical analysis with reportage to reveal how the Communist Party's darkening ambitions have shaken its people.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWang unveils a new framework for understanding China, one that sheds new light on its competition with America. While China is an \u003cem\u003eengineering state\u003c\/em\u003e, relentlessly pursuing megaprojects, the US has stalled. America has transformed into a \u003cem\u003elawyerly society\u003c\/em\u003e, reflexively blocking everything, good and bad. As \u003cem\u003eBreakneck\u003c\/em\u003e reveals, only by understanding the remarkable strengths and the appalling weaknesses of the engineering state can America reignite its sense of restless ambition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dan Wang\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1324106034\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781324106036\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/26\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Dan Wang","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46685579804927,"sku":"9781324106036","price":31.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2300d3f9-a087-4ee1-82f8-ca9229e2005d.jpg?v=1741726156","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/breakneck-dan-wang-9781324106036","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}