Dan Wang

Everything Dan Wang said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.

a16z Assertion Partly supported

Wang: China manufacturing is ~27% of GDP vs US 10-11%

“Right now, last I checked, China's share of its economy dedicated to manufacturing is about something like 26, 27%, and for the U.S. It is about 10, 11%.”

Dan Wang Oct 6, 2025 ▶ 30:28 The Lawyerly Society vs. The Engineering State: Who Owns the Future?

a16z Assertion Partly supported

Wang: China accounts for one-third of global manufacturing value-added

“China is responsible for about a third of manufacturing value added globally.”

Dan Wang Oct 6, 2025 ▶ 47:39 The Lawyerly Society vs. The Engineering State: Who Owns the Future?

INVEST LIKE THE BEST Assertion Supported

Wang: Three Gorges Dam construction displaced roughly one million people

“The Three Gorges Dam, which displaced around a million people”

Dan Wang Oct 16, 2025 ▶ 2:15 China vs America: The Battle for Global Dominance Explained | Dan Wang interview · Invest Like The Best

INVEST LIKE THE BEST Assertion Supported

Wang: Entire Politburo Standing Committee recently held engineering degrees

“In recent years, if you take a look at the most senior leadership, the entirety of the Standing Committee of the Politburo had degrees in engineering.”

Dan Wang Oct 16, 2025 ▶ 2:55 China vs America: The Battle for Global Dominance Explained | Dan Wang interview · Invest Like The Best

INVEST LIKE THE BEST Assertion Supported

Wang: China has 70M manufacturing workers versus 12M in US

“There's about seventy million manufacturing workers in China versus about twelve million in the US.”

Dan Wang Oct 16, 2025 ▶ 9:23 China vs America: The Battle for Global Dominance Explained | Dan Wang interview · Invest Like The Best

INVEST LIKE THE BEST Assertion Supported

Dan Wang: NYC Second Avenue subway extension costs roughly $2B per mile

“The Second Avenue subway extension costs about two billion dollars per mile.”

Dan Wang Oct 16, 2025 ▶ 19:37 China vs America: The Battle for Global Dominance Explained | Dan Wang interview · Invest Like The Best

INVEST LIKE THE BEST Assertion Supported

Dan Wang: China's E-Commerce Purchase Rate Is About Double the US Rate

“The rate of e-commerce purchases in China is something like, I believe last I checked something like twice as high than in the U S.”

Dan Wang Oct 16, 2025 ▶ 25:19 China vs America: The Battle for Global Dominance Explained | Dan Wang interview · Invest Like The Best

INVEST LIKE THE BEST Assertion Supported

Wang: Deng Xiaoping fired two successors and nearly ousted Jiang Zemin

“He fired two of his handpicked successors and almost fired his third one Jiang Zemin, who ended up running the country.”

Dan Wang Oct 16, 2025 ▶ 1:11:38 China vs America: The Battle for Global Dominance Explained | Dan Wang interview · Invest Like The Best

The other half of the tape: Dan Wang's own voice is left out of every number here. Other people bring the name up 4 times in 3 episodes across the shows. every mention, with the transcript →

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Every mention by year

One line per show, most statements first. The link opens Dan's full record on that show: the calibration, argument clarity, speaking style and every statement made there.

Show	Role there	Eps	Statements	Record
INVEST LIKE THE BESTLEDGER	Research Fellow, Hoover Institution	1	56	81% 17/21	full record on Invest Like the Best →
a16zLEDGER	Research Fellow, Hoover Institution	1	24	45% 5/11	full record on the a16z Podcast →