Can China Engineer Its Way Out of a Slowdown?

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

08-Oct-25 08:00

Can China Engineer Its Way Out of a Slowdown?

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The US-China rivalry is commonly framed as one of ideology between capitalism and socialism, or autocratic versus democratic systems. But researcher Dan Wang presents a new spin on the competition as one between engineers and lawyers, which he details in his book. We discuss his thesis and the prognosis for both economies.

Produced by: Yap Hern Kang

Presented by: Shazana Mokhtar

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Categories: economy, government, international

Tags: us-china tensions, capitalism, socialism, us economy, china economy,

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