Breakneck

Why it’s on the list: Dan Wang’s first book, after years of annual letters from China: the engineering state against the lawyerly one — what a country that builds compulsively gets right, and what it runs over.

Where I heard about it

• Dan Wang (@danwwang) — the author’s own announcement on X, July 2025, linking the book page.

Connections

• China — the subject.
• Industrial Policy — the engineering state’s method.
• Manufacturing — the capability the book is really about.