The rivalry between China and the US is between a state dominated by engineers, and one run by lawyers, concludes the author, who was born in China, grew up in Canada, worked in tech in the U.S. and has moved back to China. China is good at building high-speed trains, bridges in difficult places, skyscrapers. The US is good at stopping things. He shows in easy prose why China has EVs, solar energy, and industrial robots; and the US doesn’t have a functional infrastructure. A great read.

— Jane Perlez, host, podcast Face Off: The U.S. v China