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Breakneck: the race between Chinese engineers and American lawyers

Article Sep 17, 2025

Breakneck: the race between Chinese engineers and American lawyers

In "Breakneck" (2025), Dan Wang repeatedly underlines that China is an engineering state and the U.S. is a lawyerly society, and delivers warnings.

giulioprisco 6 min read

DeepSeek Knocks on the Door of the West

Community Jan 21, 2026

DeepSeek Knocks on the Door of the West

China is losing in what it thinks matters—technological frontier, foundational research, the raw ability to build advanced models. Yet it is winning decisively at what actually matters: the global market.

meduardo 2 min read