China's quest to engineer the future Wang, Dan. creator text New York W. W. Norton & Company 2025 monographic 288p. In Breakneck, 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. Economic Development-China 338.951 9780241729175 20260623104316.0