{"product_id":"breakneck-chinas-quest-to-engineer-the-future","title":"Breakneck: China's Quest to Engineer the Future","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChina's quest to engineer the future — the most talked-about book on China in years, now in paperback.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy can China build a high-speed rail network, whole cities and entire industries at breakneck speed — while America struggles to lay a single line of track? Dan Wang's answer is a framework that has already entered the conversation: China is an \u003cem\u003eengineering state\u003c\/em\u003e, run by people who build first and ask questions later, while America has become a \u003cem\u003elawyerly society\u003c\/em\u003e, superb at blocking and litigating, poor at making.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on years living in Shanghai, Hong Kong, Kunming and Beijing, Wang shows both the awesome power of the engineering mindset — the infrastructure, the manufacturing miracle, the technological ambition — and its human costs, from zero-Covid lockdowns to the one-child policy. Neither a panegyric nor a hit piece, it is the rare China book that makes you understand both superpowers better — essential reading from India's vantage point between them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003ePraise\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“The best recent book on China, America, and, arguably, the best book of the year flat out.”\u003c\/em\u003e — \u003cstrong\u003eTyler Cowen\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAbout the author\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDan Wang\u003c\/strong\u003e spent years in China as a celebrated technology analyst; his annual letters on China were essential reading in policy and business circles worldwide. He is now a research fellow at Stanford's Hoover Institution.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52050040717528,"sku":"9781802067798","price":799.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0818\/1471\/6632\/files\/9781802067798.jpg?v=1785271865","url":"https:\/\/www.readersparadise.co\/products\/breakneck-chinas-quest-to-engineer-the-future","provider":"Readers Paradise","version":"1.0","type":"link"}