Breakneck: China's Quest to Engineer the Future
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AuthorDan Wang
PublisherW. W. Norton & Company
Publication date
August 26, 2025Pages288 (first edition)
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| Author | Dan Wang |
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| Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company |
Publication date | August 26, 2025 |
| Pages | 288 (first edition) |
| ISBN | 1324106034 |
Breakneck: China's Quest to Engineer the Future is a nonfiction book by Dan Wang published by W. W. Norton & Company in August 2025.[1][2][3][4] The book examines China's growing technological and geopolitical profile, contrasting it with the United States under the thesis that "America is run by lawyers, and China is run by engineers".[5][6][7][8]
At the time of the book's publishing, Wang worked as a Hoover Institution research fellow and formerly as a technology analyst for Gavekal Dragonomics in China.[9]