TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wang,Dan
TI  - Breakneck: China's quest to engineer the future 
SN  - 9781324106036
AV  - E183.8.C5 W3415 2025
U1  - 327.51 WAN 23/eng/20250819
PY  - 2025///]
CY  - New York
PB  - W. W. Norton & Company
KW  - Technological innovations
KW  - China
KW  - Engineering and state
KW  - Economic forecasting
KW  - Innovations
KW  - Chine
KW  - Ingénierie
KW  - Politique gouvernementale
KW  - Prévision économique
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism
KW  - Economic conditions
KW  - 2000-
KW  - Social policy
KW  - Civilization
KW  - Foreign relations
KW  - United States
KW  - Conditions économiques
KW  - Civilisation
KW  - Relations extérieures
KW  - États-Unis
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-260); Introduction -- Engineers vs. lawyers -- Building big -- Tech power -- One child -- Zero-Covid -- Fortress China -- Learning to love engineers
N2  - "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
ER  -