Dan Wang

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Dan Wang
Nationality Canadian
Education University of Rochester (BA)
Website danwang.co

Dan Wang is a Canadian technology analyst and writer, specializing in contemporary China. [1] [2] [3] Wang has been an analyst at Gavekal Dragonomics, a visiting scholar at the Yale Law School's Paul Tsai China Center, and a research fellow at the Hoover Institution. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] Wang has commented extensively on U.S.-China relations through the lens of technology, including semiconductor manufacturing and social media. [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] In August 2025, his book Breakneck: China's Quest to Engineer the Future was released. [4]

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Early life and education

Wang studied economics and philosophy at the University of Rochester, graduating in 2014. [5] [ dead link ]

Annual letters

Based in China from 2017 to 2023, Wang publishes annual letters on China's economy, technological development, and culture. [14] [15] [16] Wang's letters most recently focused on the impact of COVID-19 on the Chinese economy, and Chinese expatriates in Thailand. [17] [18]

Publications

References

  1. ↑ Klein, Ezra (March 14, 2023). "Transcript: Ezra Klein Interviews Dan Wang". The New York Times .
  2. ↑ Agrawal, Ravi (2024-04-02). "Why China's Tech Dominance Is Not Inevitable". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 2024-03-30.
  3. ↑ "Dan Wang On the Extraordinary Moment for China's Party Congress". Bloomberg.com. 2022-10-13. Retrieved 2024-03-30.
  4. 1 2 Mattu, Ravi (March 23, 2024). "'Cherry on the Cake': How China Views the U.S. Crackdown on TikTok". The New York Times .
  5. 1 2 "Dan Wang | Yale Law School". law.yale.edu. Retrieved 2024-03-30.
  6. ↑ Kuo, Kaiser (2022-01-20). "Urban design, 'cultural stunting,' and tech regulation in China, explained by Dan Wang". The China Project. Retrieved 2024-03-30.
  7. ↑ Tan, Huileng (2019-01-03). "Apple's China struggles highlight US companies' trade war vulnerabilities". CNBC. Retrieved 2024-03-30.
  8. ↑ "Dan Wang". Hoover Institution. Retrieved 2025-10-30.
  9. ↑ Thompson, Derek (2023-11-28). "How China's Economic Miracle Went Off the Rails". The Ringer. Retrieved 2024-03-30.
  10. ↑ "Dan Wang on China's Mission to Be a World Leader in Semiconductors". Bloomberg.com. 2021-01-28. Retrieved 2024-03-30.
  11. ↑ China is still 'pretty far behind' its global peers in chipmaking, says tech analyst . Retrieved 2024-03-30– via www.youtube.com.
  12. ↑ "Building a metaverse with Chinese characteristics". The Economist. ISSN   0013-0613 . Retrieved 2024-03-30.
  13. ↑ Frisch, Nick; Wang, Dan (2024-05-14). "Opinion | The End of TikTok Is a Propaganda Win for Beijing". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2024-05-15.
  14. ↑ Douthat, Ross (February 3, 2024). "Only America Can Save the Future". The New York Times .
  15. ↑ Alroy, Tal (2024-04-02). "Inside the U.S.-China Tech War". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 2024-03-30.
  16. ↑ "Dan Wang Explains What China's Tech Crackdown Is Really All About". Bloomberg.com. 2021-09-13. Retrieved 2024-03-30.
  17. ↑ Wang, Dan (2023-03-04). "2022 letter". Dan Wang. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
  18. ↑ Wang, Dan (2024-01-23). "2023 letter". Dan Wang. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
  19. ↑ "FP's Books of the Summer". Foreign Policy. 2025-08-11. Retrieved 2025-08-10.
  20. ↑ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-15/what-the-us-can-learn-from-engineering-in-china
  21. ↑ Thornhill, John (2025-08-16). "Breakneck — why China's engineers beat America's lawyers". Financial Times. Retrieved 2025-08-18.


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