China, every mention
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Verbatim, from the transcripts: the passages where China comes up
The Practical Genius of Honda
- ▶ 1:22 David Senra The Great Depression, military coup d'etats, the China War of the 19 thirties, World War II and the nuclear bombing that destroyed two cities, foreign occupation, and the remarkable economic miracle and post-war prosperity.
The Simple Genius of Jony Ive
- ▶ 46:37 David Senra So when then Johnny will spend months away from his family in China, trying to figure out how to manufacture these designs. 3 times in the scene
How SpaceX Works
- ▶ 1:54 David Senra Every payload from China, Russia, Europe, and all American launchers wasn't even a fifth of what SpaceX put into orbit.
How Roger Federer Works.
- ▶ 24:29 David Senra If a guy in China or Russia or America or Argentina or wherever trains five hours and you only train two, how is that going to work?
How Elon Works
- ▶ 1:06:38 David Senra How are we going to manufacture in China? 3 times in the scene
This Orphan Built a $116 Billion Empire Without You Noticing
- ▶ 5:16 David Senra He built factories in China, acquired Vision insurers in the U.S., and retail chains on four continents.
The Life Story of Akio Morita: Founder of Sony
- ▶ 9:17 David Senra He'll travel all over the world and meet, you know, the Chinese and the Russians.
- ▶ 1:04:24 David Senra We may be poorer countries as China in the 19 seventies, Soviet union, 19 seventies.
Ken Griffin: Founder of Citadel and Citadel Securities
- ▶ 30:35 David Senra Uh, there was a survey of roughly 45 of the most important emerging technologies from quantum computing to solar power cells, to various areas in biotechnology, and the Chinese led in 30 of these areas.
Amancio Ortega: The Genius Behind The Inditex Group
- ▶ 28:51 David Senra And so what happens is most apparel companies have become overly reliant on factories in, in Vietnam, China, Bangladesh, right?
The Founder of IKEA: Ingvar Kamprad
- ▶ 43:31 David Senra and I recently talked about was in that, that episode on the rare Bernard Arnault interview that he caught the early wave in China's luxury market expansion.
Li Lu and Charlie Munger and Warren Buffett
- ▶ 5:16 David Senra I remember in 2003 when I first discussed BYD with Charlie, despite having never met the founder, uh, never visiting BYD's factory and being relatively unfamiliar with the Chinese market and culture,
- ▶ 8:39 David Senra He is closer to being the traditional literati, which is the scholar officials of imperial China. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 10:01 David Senra It was written by Li Lu, and it only covers his early life and his escape from China.
- ▶ 13:04 David Senra I had recently escaped from China.
Li Lu
- ▶ 0:00 David Senra The book that I want to talk to you about today is Moving the Mountain, My Life in China from the Cultural Revolution to Tiananmen Square, and it was written by Li Lu. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 2:53 David Senra Remember, this is Communist China.
- ▶ 7:11 David Senra They can do, and he's talking about the government of China at this time, they can do anything to you if your background is bad.
- ▶ 18:59 David Senra This is a traditional heated platform used for sleeping in the northern part of China where the winter climate is very cold.
- ▶ 23:33 David Senra This book is going to end with the Tiananmen Square massacre and Li literally being on the run from the Chinese government. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 27:42 David Senra So he goes, oh, I think we should have a Chinese Olympia club to read and discuss the problems of our generation, its development. 5 times in the scene
- ▶ 32:56 David Senra And so he uses that route to escape China. 2 times in the scene
Rare Bernard Arnault Interview
- ▶ 25:56 David Senra And so one of the trends that Arnold successfully surfed was the fact that he got into China really, really early. 6 times in the scene
Michael Jordan And Kobe Bryant
- ▶ 11:57 David Senra I, given, I think it was doing it, um, on a tour in China.
Listen to this when you’re stressed: The Life of Alistair Urquhart
- ▶ 16:18 David Senra We came face to face with a thicket of severed Chinese heads
Rose Blumkin (Warren Buffett's Favorite Founder)
- ▶ 1:52 David Senra For the next three years, Rose worked in a dry goods store, squeezed every penny, and finally in 1917 took a train to the Chinese-Siberian border. 3 times in the scene