Wang: China struggles to build infrastructure cleanly and effectively overseas
Dan Wang · The Lawyerly Society vs. The Engineering State: Who Owns the Future? · Oct 6, 2025 · at 55:17
Dan Wang, Hoover Institution fellow, analyzes why China's infrastructure projects across developing nations often face friction from local political leaders.
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“China is really good at building these at home, but it's found that it hasn't been super good at building these more locally. It hasn't been able to, you know, build effectively and cleanly and, you know, in a way that satisfies a lot of political elites over there.”
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