Dan Wang

THE WRITER IS A RESEARCH FELLOW AT STANFORD’S HOOVER INSTITUTION AND THE AUTHOR OF BREAKNECK: CHINA’S QUEST TO ENGINEER THE FUTURE.

A section of the East Wing of the White House beind demolished as part of construction of a new ballroom extension of the White House. What Americans get out of Trump's flirtation with authoritarianism are gilded ballrooms, detention centres and profound stress on the foundations of American institutions.

Donald Trump is copying the wrong things from China

America is getting authoritarianism without the good stuff