China Builds. America Blocks. Why? | NYGazet

From high-speed rail lines to nuclear plants, China has reshaped its landscape in a single generation. The U.S. can barely finish a subway extension.

There are two books this year that are being talked about more than any other, by an order of magnitude. One is Abundance, by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson. The other is Dan Wang’s Breakneck: China’s Quest to Engineer the Future. The relationship bet... [1322 chars]