Breakneck

China’s rapid development is examined alongside America’s slower pace of building and infrastructure delivery. Using that contrast, Dan Wang presents an account of how China has advanced, what it has sacrificed, and how its relationship with the West has changed.

The book combines reportage with political and economic analysis to explore state power, social engineering, and the human costs associated with modernisation. It is a nonfiction title focused on contemporary China and the wider geopolitical tensions surrounding its rise.