Learn to Love Engineers | Los Angeles Review of Books
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New books by Dan Wang and Hu Anyan depict ‘both the achievements and the costs of China’s technological rise,’ and why Americans should take note.
Learn to Love Engineers New books by Dan Wang and Hu Anyan depict ‘both the achievements and the costs of China’s technological rise,’ and why Americans should take note. By Afra Wang January 22, 2026 Politics Science & Technology Breakneck: China’s Quest to Engineer the Future by Dan Wang . W. W. Norton & Company , 2025. 336 pages. Buy on Bookshop.org I Deliver Parcels in Beijing by Hu Anyan . Translated by Jack Hargreaves . Astra House , 2025. 336 pages. Buy on Bookshop.org Did you know LARB is a reader-supported nonprofit? LARB publishes daily without a paywall as part of our mission to mak
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