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PBS NewsHour

How engineers are shaping China’s infrastructure and society

Season 2025 Episode 305 | 9m 26s

For decades, China’s government has reshaped the country with dramatic displays of state power, from vast infrastructure projects that have remade entire provinces to nationwide campaigns that attempt to shape citizens’ behavior. Ali Rogin reports on what those sweeping measures say about China’s ambitions and what they may mean for the future of U.S.-China competition.

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