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Aim: contain China, not crush it

The thesis presented was that the US administration's goal is to keep China contained in a 'box' - preventing it from surpassing the US without causing a global crisis that would hurt America's reputation.

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CONTESTED · 92 MENTIONS · 66 EPISODES · 28 SHOWS

24 JUL 2025 — 17 AUG 2026 · YESTERDAY

36 SUPPORT · 5 CHALLENGE · 2 REPEAT · 49 MENTIONED

24 JUL 2025 · FIRST HEARD
THE ACQUIRERS PODCAST
- Ribosomal microfactories as a decentralized model
27 EPISODES BETWEEN · 41 MENTIONS · 6 NOT KEPT
1. 6 EPISODES NOT SHOWN
2. 6 SEP 2025
  SMARTERMARKETS · 2 MENTIONS
  - Chinese EV dominance reshaping global auto industry
  - US risks falling behind in energy transition · CHALLENGES
3. 18 SEP 2025
  MACROVOICES
  - US military rhetoric as budget justification
4. 25 SEP 2025 · CHALLENGES
  MACROVOICES
  - Supply-chain dependency makes decoupling from China impossible
5. 4 OCT 2025
  SMARTERMARKETS · 2 MENTIONS
  - Downstream industry pivot from China dependency
  - Geographic shift in climate solutions leadership
6. 16 OCT 2025
  MACROVOICES
  - Great-power shift to resilience drives inefficiency
7. 28 OCT 2025
  GOLDMAN SACHS EXCHANGES
  - Rare earths: China's leverage drives equity volatility
8. 5 NOV 2025
  GOLDMAN SACHS EXCHANGES
  - China's five-year plan prioritizes tech, manufacturing
9. 6 NOV 2025
  MACROVOICES · 4 MENTIONS
  - Geopolitical bifurcation as the new normal
  - Strategic sectors face full supply chain bifurcation
  - Forced allied investment in US reindustrialization
  - US weaponizing financial system and geography
10. 13 NOV 2025
  THE DERIVATIVE
  - China dominates global shipbuilding
11. 21 NOV 2025 · CHALLENGES
  VALUE INVESTING WITH LEGENDS
  - China's deflationary dumping aids Fed, hurts industrials
12. 24 NOV 2025
  MACRO MUSINGS WITH DAVID BECKWORTH
  - China's real estate bust frozen in place
13. 6 DEC 2025
  THE BUSINESS BREW
  - Structural caution on China
14. 8 DEC 2025
  THE GRANT WILLIAMS PODCAST · 2 MENTIONS
  - Bifurcation into US and China financial spheres
  - Gulf states caught between US security and China economics
15. 17 DEC 2025
  THE TIM FERRISS SHOW · 3 MENTIONS
  - US infrastructure hampered by lawyers, not engineers · CHALLENGES
  - China's hyper-competitive provincial capitalism
  - China's innovation and cost advantage is real
16. 27 DEC 2025
  SMARTERMARKETS · 2 MENTIONS
  - US must build mines or cede EV industry to China
  - China, Middle East, India driving renewable expansion
17. 14 JAN 2026
  FORWARD GUIDANCE
  - China's capital flight as a strategic weakness
18. 16 JAN 2026
  WHAT BITCOIN DID
  - Fed should not be independent
19. 17 JAN 2026
  SMARTERMARKETS · 2 MENTIONS
  - Power supercycle displaces oil as energy driver
  - Electrification driven by energy security, not carbon
20. 24 JAN 2026
  SMARTERMARKETS
  - Chinese control of critical materials
21. 29 JAN 2026
  THE BUSINESS BREW
  - Critical shortage of skilled process knowledge in US
22. 31 JAN 2026
  SMARTERMARKETS
  - Hoarding theme gaining momentum
23. 2 FEB 2026 · CHALLENGES
  CAPITAL ALLOCATORS
  - Chinese chemical overcapacity threatening global margins
24. 4 FEB 2026
  THE ALPHA EXCHANGE · 3 MENTIONS
  - China leapfrogged West in key industrial sectors
  - Geopolitical de-escalation as G2 framework
  - Higher commodity prices from China reflation
25. 9 FEB 2026
  THE GRANT WILLIAMS PODCAST
  - Europe's strategic vacuum amid US pivot
26. 9 FEB 2026
  THE MEB FABER SHOW
  - China's biotech rise as a global competitor
27. 13 FEB 2026
  THE GRANT WILLIAMS PODCAST
  - US political polarization undermines long-term strategy
28. 19 FEB 2026
  THE GRANT WILLIAMS PODCAST · 3 MENTIONS
  - China's sovereignty quest delays global market role
  - Geopolitical pivot crowds out consumer sectors
  - Bifurcated markets create new cost equilibriums
25 FEB 2026
WHAT BITCOIN DID
- Aim: contain China, not crush it · THIS IDEA
25 EPISODES BETWEEN · 28 MENTIONS
1. 2 MAR 2026
  MACRO MUSINGS WITH DAVID BECKWORTH
  - Bretton Woods II: China's peg fueled hyper-globalization
2. 6 MAR 2026
  THE BUSINESS BREW · 2 MENTIONS
  - China as a regional power, not global hegemon
  - China seeks regional power, not global supremacy
3. 6 MAR 2026
  ALL-IN WITH CHAMATH, JASON, SACKS & FRIEDBERG
  - China's military buildup greatest in history
4. 9 MAR 2026
  MACRO MUSINGS WITH DAVID BECKWORTH
  - China's demographic decline dims renminbi prospects
5. 9 MAR 2026
  ALL-IN WITH CHAMATH, JASON, SACKS & FRIEDBERG
  - China's rapid rise as a manufacturing and tech power
6. 11 MAR 2026
  MONETARY MATTERS WITH JACK FARLEY
  - Industrial policy and public research are essential
7. 12 MAR 2026
  THE JULIA LA ROCHE SHOW · 2 MENTIONS
  - China won the trade war at immense economic cost
  - China's growth from liberalization, not central planning
8. 14 MAR 2026
  SMARTERMARKETS
  - China prioritizes energy security over decarbonization
9. 25 MAR 2026
  FORWARD GUIDANCE
  - Geopolitical AI race: US vs China
10. 26 MAR 2026
  THE GRANT WILLIAMS PODCAST
  - American hegemony in terminal decline
11. 1 APR 2026
  THE JULIA LA ROCHE SHOW
  - US-China prisoner exchange of goods
12. 6 APR 2026
  MACRO MUSINGS WITH DAVID BECKWORTH
  - China's export wave threatens global development paths
13. 6 APR 2026
  ALL-IN WITH CHAMATH, JASON, SACKS & FRIEDBERG
  - Reindustrialization as the path to US prosperity
14. 7 APR 2026
  FORWARD GUIDANCE · 2 MENTIONS
  - China's energy security stronger than US allies
  - China's shift from 'wolf warrior' to pragmatic partner
15. 9 APR 2026
  WEALTHION - BE FINANCIALLY RESILIENT
  - China's shift from market share to profits aids US miners
16. 15 APR 2026
  ODD LOTS
  - Asia re-evaluating US reliability, seeking insulation
17. 15 APR 2026
  PALISADES GOLD RADIO
  - Europe's geopolitical crossroads: cooperate with East
18. 20 APR 2026
  THE TWENTY MINUTE VC
  - AI as a commercial and economic race
19. 22 APR 2026
  ODD LOTS
  - EV adoption divergence: China leads, US lags
20. 23 APR 2026
  THE ACQUIRERS PODCAST
  - Chinese EV makers face US brand barrier
21. 24 APR 2026
  ODD LOTS
  - China's Latin America trade: commodities for cheap goods
22. 1 AUG 2026 · 2W AGO
  PLANET MICROCAP PODCAST
  - Rare earths: China's cost advantage gone
23. 2 AUG 2026 · 2W AGO
  PROF G MARKETS
  - China's rise as a sophisticated, autocratic superpower
24. 3 AUG 2026 · 2W AGO
  ODD LOTS
  - China's 80% tungsten supply dominance
25. 5 AUG 2026 · 2W AGO
  A16Z PODCAST
  - China's critical minerals talent advantage
5 AUG 2026 · 2W AGO
ALL-IN WITH CHAMATH, JASON, SACKS & FRIEDBERG
- US shipbuilding capacity lags China 230-to-1
6 AUG 2026 · 2W AGO
COMMODITY CULTURE · 2 MENTIONS
- China's runaway entrepreneurial train
- US disengagement as path to renewal
8 AUG 2026 · 1W AGO
THE TWENTY MINUTE VC
- China's regulatory speed advantage
10 AUG 2026 · 1W AGO
THE TWENTY MINUTE VC
- US compute advantage over China is temporary
13 AUG 2026 · 5D AGO
ALL-IN WITH CHAMATH, JASON, SACKS & FRIEDBERG
- Build an economic bloc to isolate China
17 AUG 2026 · YESTERDAY
ANIMAL SPIRITS
- Geopolitics weaponizing China's material dominance

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