Dan Wang
Canadian technology analyst and writer
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Dan Wang is a Canadian technology analyst and writer, specializing in contemporary China.[1][2][3] Wang has been an analyst at Gavekal Dragonomics, a visiting scholar at the Yale Law School's Paul Tsai China Center, and a research fellow at the Hoover Institution.[4][5][6][7][8] Wang has commented extensively on U.S.-China relations through the lens of technology, including semiconductor manufacturing and social media.[9][10][11][12][13] In August 2025, his book Breakneck: China's Quest to Engineer the Future was released.[4]
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| Education | University of Rochester (BA) |
| Website | danwang |
Early life and education
Wang was born in Yunnan, China.[14] He was raised in Canada, where his family lived in both Ottawa and Toronto.[15] As a teenager, he participated in the Royal Canadian Army Cadet program in Ottawa.[15]
Wang later moved to the United States. He studied economics and philosophy at the University of Rochester, graduating in 2014.[5]