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The secret to China’s dominance - Front Burner

The secret to China’s dominance - Front Burner

Update: 2025-09-26
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Dan Wang is a tech analyst and a research fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover History Lab. He’s one of the leading China analysts in the world right now and his new book is called “Breakneck: China’s Quest to Engineer the Future”.


Today on the show he explains his novel way of understanding the clash between China and the United States: China owns the future because it is an “engineering state” whereas the U.S. is a “lawyerly society” that often gets in its own way.


For transcripts of Front Burner, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/frontburner/transcripts

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The secret to China’s dominance - Front Burner

The secret to China’s dominance - Front Burner