Breakneck

China’s astonishing progress is set beside America’s growing reluctance to build. Dan Wang uses that contrast to frame a wider account of how China has advanced, what it has sacrificed, and how its relationship with the West has frayed.

The result suits readers looking for a clear picture of modern China and the forces shaping global geopolitics. Blending reportage with political and economic analysis, it follows the tensions between rapid development, state power, and the heavy human costs of social engineering.