China's Strategic Assault on Dollar Hegemony Through Banking Infrastructure, Critical Mineral Dominance, and the Architecture of De-Dollarization - Part 1

On The Record with Christian Briggs · Feb 18, 2026 · 52m

Today’s episode breaks down Christian Briggs' Part One of his policy paper, arguing that China is running a two-front campaign aimed at weakening U.S. power: a global banking machine and a chokehold on critical minerals.lays out a blunt warning: China is executing a coordinated, two-pronged operation to collapse American leverage—without firing a shot. The first weapon is finance. The second is resources. And both are aimed straight at dollar dominance, U.S. sovereignty, and national security.

Part One of the policy paper argues that Chinese state-controlled mega-banks—sitting on $23+…