Dan Wang

Dan Wang is a Canadian technology analyst and writer, specializing in contemporary China. 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.

Wang has commented extensively on U.S.-China relations through the lens of technology, including semiconductor manufacturing and social media. In August 2025, his book Breakneck: China's Quest to Engineer the Future was released. He was raised in Canada, where his family lived in both Ottawa and Toronto. As a teenager, he participated in the Royal Canadian Army Cadet program in Ottawa. Wang's letters most recently focused on the impact of COVID-19 on the Chinese economy, and Chinese expatriates in Thailand.

Publications Breakneck: China's Quest to Engineer the Future (2025)