02395cam a2200289 4500 2718808788 TxAuBib 20260330120000.0 ||||||s2025||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781696620949 1696620945 a3057cd1-26de-4d7f-b6a1-d20010c232cc OverDrive (Reserve ID) 12197194 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Wang, Dan. Breakneck [Bridges Audiobook] : China's Quest to Engineer the Future. Kalorama, 2025. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 275MB. yale law school. China. HTML:For close to a decade, technology analyst Dan Wang―"a gifted observer of contemporary China" (Ross Douthat)―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 throughout the society. This reality―political repression and astonishing growth―is not a paradox, but rather a feature of China's engineering mindset.<br /> In <i>Breakneck</i>, Wang blends political, economic, and philosophical analysis with reportage to reveal a 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.<br /> Blending razor-sharp analysis with immersive storytelling, Wang offers a gripping portrait of a nation in flux. <i>Breakneck</i> 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. Nonfiction. Politics. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2026-03-28 20:00:03. Yen, Jonathan. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=a3057cd1-26de-4d7f-b6a1-d20010c232cc&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)