People are going to hate me. I won't move on with my life. And I was so petrified of being dragged across the coals for reporting them. And I still am.

My name is Laura Hughes. And for the past two years, I've been uncovering the United Kingdom's perplexing relationship with lead.

What I found has shocked me.

From the financial times, this is untold.

Toxic legacy.

Out now.

Welcome to Zero. I'm Akshatrati.

This week, Lawyers versus Engineers.

Music This week, Lawyers versus Engineers. China is a country of superlatives.

It makes the most number of solar panels, wind turbines, batteries and electric cars.

It also is the largest builder of new coal power plants, the largest builder of new nuclear power stations,

and the country with the longest high-speed rail network.

The list goes on and on, because China builds, builds and builds.

It's one reason why the country has become the fascination of the green movement.

China now has a huge lead in all types of climate technologies.

And it is using that to electrify its economy at a breakneck speed.

But why has China been able to build while many far richer countries have fallen behind?

It's not just because China is a dictatorship,

argues technology analyst and author Dan Wong

in his new book, Breakneck.

He paints a vivid picture of the social, cultural and governance differences that

have turned China into a nation of builders. Dan says that China is a country with an engineer's

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