America's lawyers vs. China's engineers
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America has a hard time building stuff. Roads, trains, light rail, bridges, housing. Everything takes seemingly forever, if it even happens at all. Last week, New York City approved a contract. to start work on a subway extension that was proposed a century ago.
A century. Meanwhile, there's China, a country that builds much, much faster. High-speed rails take just a few years, solar panels, electric Cars, bridges, ports, drones, all churned out at breakneck speed. Why is that?
Why can China do this? And why does it seem like America can't? I'm Sean Illy. And this is the gray area. Today's guest is Dan Wong.
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