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How the U.S. Is Falling Behind China’s Engineering State

Season 2025 Episode 7314 | 18m 03s

While Trump pushes away traditional allies and cuts crucial tech and science funding to universities, China is poised to make hay -- even perhaps to take over America's superpower status. Dan Wang believes there's a way to stop it. The author joins the show to discuss a new framework for understanding Beijing.

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