The Minutes of David Friedberg on china https://minutesof.com/david-friedberg/on/china/ Everything David Friedberg has said on China: 12 verbatim quotes between May 2020 and August 2026, each with a timestamp and a link to the recording it… en Sun, 30 Aug 2026 16:22:42 +0000 Friedberg states Chinese scientific publications went from half of US levels in 2015 to 50% more than US now. https://minutesof.com/q/fecfc15b-f57a-4cfe-b484-2d17580d01d3/ https://minutesof.com/q/fecfc15b-f57a-4cfe-b484-2d17580d01d3/ “a statistic. In twenty fifteen, ten years ago, papers published by Chinese research labs and major scientific journals were about half of The United States. Yeah. Now 50% more than The United States.” — Network State Podcast Sun, 21 Dec 2025 08:30:07 +0000 china Friedberg states Chinese scientific publications went from half of US output in 2015 to 50% more today across https://minutesof.com/q/cab37bea-bd50-491d-a1f9-d5f9cad79a30/ https://minutesof.com/q/cab37bea-bd50-491d-a1f9-d5f9cad79a30/ “In twenty fifteen, ten years ago, papers published by Chinese research labs and major scientific journals were about half of The United States. Yeah. Now 50% more than The United States.” — Network State Podcast Sun, 21 Dec 2025 08:30:07 +0000 china Friedberg notes China is building 400 nuclear reactors, equivalent to 60% of total US power production capacit https://minutesof.com/q/663e0562-7281-48ea-a457-4edf51e7b12e/ https://minutesof.com/q/663e0562-7281-48ea-a457-4edf51e7b12e/ “Just try to think about each one of those being one, maybe one and a half gigawatts. Suddenly, that's 60% of The US power production capacity being built right now in just nuclear by China.” — Network State Podcast Sun, 21 Dec 2025 08:30:07 +0000 china Friedberg states China is constructing 400 nuclear reactors representing 60% of total US power production capa https://minutesof.com/q/48502dd7-3936-44c8-8d27-5fe35babad15/ https://minutesof.com/q/48502dd7-3936-44c8-8d27-5fe35babad15/ “Just try to think about each one of those being one, maybe one and a half gigawatts. Suddenly, that's 60% of The US power production capacity being built right now” — Network State Podcast Sun, 21 Dec 2025 08:30:07 +0000 china Friedberg says China has 400 nuclear reactor sites under construction, representing 60% of total US power prod https://minutesof.com/q/decf8dbc-5ad3-4d71-a356-9defeed8f48c/ https://minutesof.com/q/decf8dbc-5ad3-4d71-a356-9defeed8f48c/ “Suddenly, that's 60% of The US power production capacity being built right now in just nuclear by China.” — Network State Podcast Sun, 21 Dec 2025 08:30:07 +0000 china Friedberg notes Elon needs a terawatt of compute, equivalent to total US electricity production capacity. https://minutesof.com/q/e5fc3a38-581b-46c5-b596-5ebd1278ef6b/ https://minutesof.com/q/e5fc3a38-581b-46c5-b596-5ebd1278ef6b/ “Elon this week is saying, hey, need a terawatt of compute. Terawatt is roughly the power production or the electricity production capacity of the entire United States.” — All-In Podcast Fri, 16 May 2025 05:57:14 +0000 china Friedberg notes US electricity capacity doubles to 2040 while China's triples from three to eight terawatts. https://minutesof.com/q/a9e9f223-6b73-44f1-b7b7-580ede84bfda/ https://minutesof.com/q/a9e9f223-6b73-44f1-b7b7-580ede84bfda/ “Terawatt is roughly the power production or the electricity production capacity of the entire United States. US is going from one to two between now and 2040.” — All-In Podcast Fri, 16 May 2025 05:57:14 +0000 china Friedberg states US will add one terawatt by 2040 while China adds five terawatts, excluding gen four nuclear. https://minutesof.com/q/1cbccb28-445f-4db0-b2a7-fe1b3bb20979/ https://minutesof.com/q/1cbccb28-445f-4db0-b2a7-fe1b3bb20979/ “The US is forecasted to increase its electricity production capacity from one to two terawatts by twenty forty, fifteen years from now.” — All-In Podcast Tue, 06 May 2025 22:48:17 +0000 china Friedberg warns China is adding five Americas worth of electricity capacity, creating huge advantage in AI era https://minutesof.com/q/7739a783-dc39-45b7-bcdd-d9cd75a1a2f7/ https://minutesof.com/q/7739a783-dc39-45b7-bcdd-d9cd75a1a2f7/ “So in the next fifteen years, China is adding five Americas. Yes. In electricity production capacity.” — All-In Podcast Tue, 06 May 2025 22:48:17 +0000 china Friedberg argues replacing China's 112 million factory workers is practically impossible given purpose-built i https://minutesof.com/q/a45ab994-c0f8-4d60-a56c-532b1ca5a1d9/ https://minutesof.com/q/a45ab994-c0f8-4d60-a56c-532b1ca5a1d9/ “There's about a 112,000,000 people in China that work in factories. Factories in China are purpose built. So they're built to make a thing.” — All-In Podcast Thu, 21 May 2020 05:18:18 +0000 china Friedberg argues China's 112 million factory workers and purpose-built facilities make replacement extremely d https://minutesof.com/q/ff7ad15c-26ee-4a34-a86d-f3598e274964/ https://minutesof.com/q/ff7ad15c-26ee-4a34-a86d-f3598e274964/ “There's about a 112,000,000 people in China that work in factories. Factories in China are purpose built. So they're built to make a thing. And then they got to get retooled.” — All-In Podcast Thu, 21 May 2020 05:18:18 +0000 china Friedberg says 112 million Chinese factory workers and purpose-built facilities make China hard to replace for https://minutesof.com/q/f89619b1-0c37-4921-a2b8-f46f1a2aba0b/ https://minutesof.com/q/f89619b1-0c37-4921-a2b8-f46f1a2aba0b/ “Factories in China are purpose built. So they're built to make a thing, and then they gotta get retooled if you wanna make another thing.” — All-In Podcast Thu, 21 May 2020 05:17:29 +0000 china