How two superpowers built fundamentally different futures | Dan Wang and Kmele Foster

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“China has built essentially one New York City plus a Boston's worth of housing every single year for roughly the last 30 years.”

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What does it mean to witness a society transform at breakneck speed? Kmele Foster and Dan Wang explore the contrasts between the U.S. and China.

Through the lens of immigration, culture, and personal experience, they reveal how policies and national ambition have redefined these two global superpowers.

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