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.

Chinese technology companies are paving the way for a world that will be powered by electric motors rather than gas-guzzling engines.

Trump is obsessed with oil, but Chinese batteries will soon run the world

China isn’t just building gigantic amounts of power – its businesses are also reshaping technological foundations to electrify the world

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