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If Americans Are Lawyers and Chinese Are Engineers, Who Is Going to Win?

If Americans Are Lawyers and Chinese Are Engineers, Who Is Going to Win?

Foreign Policy Live

August 25, 202544m 58s

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Show Notes

The United States and China are constantly looking for a leg up in their rivalry for geopolitical primacy. But what if the real advantage lies in adopting a bit of the other’s culture? A new book makes the case that while China has become an engineering state obsessed with building, the United States has become a lawyerly society focused on procedures and blocking. Can they learn from each other? Author and scholar Dan Wang sits down with Ravi Agrawal to discuss his new book, Breakneck: China’s Quest to Engineer the Future.

Dan Wang: Breakneck: China’s Quest to Engineer the Future

Ravi Agrawal: Why China’s Tech Dominance Is Not Inevitable

Bob Davis: America’s Flailing Industrial Policy Can Take Lessons From China

James Palmer: A Guide to Censorship in China

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