05827cam a2200697 i 4500 in00024366958 DLC 20260301100029.0 t| 250203s2025 nyu e b 000 0 eng d 2025410877 9781324106036 hardcover (OCoLC)1490364621 YDX eng rda YDX BDX OCLCQ DYJ OCP HCO IWA OCO UIU AUXAM XFF TH8 OCLCO IVD BRL OJ4 COD WLU UCW OCLCO ZNS OCLCO CLE OCLCO WAU OCLCO XII VP@ GCO JTH SDD DLC DLC-MRC DLC lccopycat n-us--- http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/geographicAreas/n-us a-cc--- http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/geographicAreas/a-cc E183.8.C5 W3415 2025 327.51 WAN 23/eng/20250819 0 Wang, Dan (Writer on China) author aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2025094964 http://id.loc.gov/rwo/agents/no2025094964 Breakneck : China's quest to engineer the future / Dan Wang. China's quest to engineer the future First edition. New York : W. W. Norton & Company, [2025] xv, 260 pages 24 cm text txt rdacontent http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/contentTypes/txt unmediated n rdamedia http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/mediaTypes/n volume nc rdacarrier http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/carriers/nc Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-260). Introduction -- Engineers vs. lawyers -- Building big -- Tech power -- One child -- Zero-Covid -- Fortress China -- Learning to love engineers. "A riveting, firsthand investigation of China's seismic progress, its human costs, and what it means for America. For close to a decade, technology analyst Dan Wang has been living through the country's astonishing, messy progress. China's towering bridges, gleaming railways, and sprawling factories have improved economic outcomes in record time. But rapid change has also sent ripples of pain through the society. This reality -- political repression and astonishing growth -- is not a paradox, but rather a feature of China's engineering mindset. In Breakneck, Wang blends political, economic, and philosophical analysis with reportage to reveal a provocative new framework for understanding China -- one that helps us see America more clearly, too. While China is an engineering state, relentlessly pursuing megaprojects, the United States has stalled. America has transformed into a lawyerly society, reflexively blocking everything, good and bad. Blending razor-sharp analysis with immersive storytelling, Wang offers a gripping portrait of a nation in flux. Breakneck traverses metropolises like Shanghai, Chongqing, and Shenzhen, where the engineering state has created not only dazzling infrastructure but also a sense of optimism. The book also exposes the downsides of social engineering, including the surveillance of ethnic minorities, political suppression, and the traumas of the one-child policy and zero-Covid. In an era of animosity and mistrust, Wang unmasks the shocking similarities between the United States and China. Breakneck reveals how each country points toward a better path for the other: Chinese citizens would be better off if their government could learn to value individual liberties, while Americans would be better off if their government could learn to embrace engineering -- and to produce better outcomes for the many, not just the few." -- Provided by publisher. Technological innovations China http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008112652 Engineering and state China Economic forecasting China http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008102568 Innovations Chine Ingénierie Politique gouvernementale Chine Prévision économique Chine POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian bisacsh POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy bisacsh POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism bisacsh China Economic conditions 2000- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99010023 China Economic conditions http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024011 China Social policy http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008101372 China Civilization http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85023992 China Foreign relations United States http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008100081 United States Foreign relations China http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100024 Chine Conditions économiques 2000- Chine Conditions économiques Chine Civilisation Chine Relations extérieures États-Unis États-Unis Relations extérieures Chine http://id.loc.gov/resources/instances/in00024366958 http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe/instanceOf http://id.loc.gov/resources/works/in00024366958 DLC bibframe2marc v3.1-dev 20260114 DLC https://github.com/lcnetdev/bibframe2marc/tree/v3.1-dev CamTech Library. 7 cbc copycat 2 ncip 20 y-gencatlg BATCHLOAD ddc BK 0 2523 2523 0 0 ddc 0 0 CamTech CamTech RCC 2026-03-01 1 327.51 WAN 0000003042 2026-06-15 2026-06-01 17:41:38 2026-06-01 C.1 2026-03-01 BK