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China’s dominance in manufacturing is unparalleled, producing roughly a third of all products consumed worldwide. The speaker emphasizes that almost everything in Western households has at least some Chinese origin. This level of industrial scale grants China an enormous strategic advantage, but it also creates vulnerabilities. In an extreme scenario, China could halt all vehicle production in Europe and the U.S. overnight, revealing the fragility of Western supply chains heavily dependent on Chinese manufacturing.