Breakneck : China's quest to engineer the future
Wang, Dan
Year of publication: 2025. 2025.
Gospodarka, Ekonomia, Geopolityka, Stany Zjednoczone, Chiny
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Author
Wang, Dan
Title
Breakneck : China's quest to engineer the future
Place of publication
New York : New York :
Publishing house
W.W. Norton & Company, W.W. Norton & Company,
Year of publication
2025. 2025.
Issue number
First edition.
Volume
xv, 260 s. ;
Dimensions
24 cm
Additional information
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Suggestions for further reading. Engineers vs. lawyers -- Building big -- Tech power -- One child -- Zero-Covid -- Fortress China -- Learning to love engineers --
In English.
Object passwords
Gospodarka
Ekonomia
Geopolityka
Stany Zjednoczone
Chiny
Summary
"A riveting, firsthand investigation of China's seismic progress, its human costs, and what it means for America. For close to a decade, technology analyst Dan Wang has been living through the country's astonishing, messy progress. China's towering bridges, gleaming railways, and sprawling factories have improved economic outcomes in record time. But rapid change has also sent ripples of pain through the society. This reality -- political repression and astonishing growth -- is not a paradox, bu
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Signature: 47134
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Status: Checked out
Due date: 2026/04/01
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