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Is China unstoppable? – How Beijing is fighting to own the future

This Is Not A Drill with Gavin Esler

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China's Engineering State vs. Western Lawyerly Society

This chapter explores China's bold quest for global supremacy, characterizing it as an 'engineering state' in contrast to the 'lawyerly society' of the U.S. It discusses the efficiency of China's infrastructure development led by engineering-focused leadership and critiques the slow decision-making in Western governance. Furthermore, it examines China's demographic challenges stemming from the one-child policy and its implications on the country's future innovation landscape.

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