and your argument boiled down "us bad china good"

It doesn't, but you seem enamored with pretending this. If you actually responded to what I said rather than deflecting you might learn something. Or at least not repeat openly dishonest claims.

genuinely, what are you talking about?

The next sentence added all the context you should need. Zero sum logic doesn't apply here and part of the reason is the financial component. You'd be less confused if you engaged directly instead of dithering and avoiding what I say.

you can't invest in factories abroad without by definition investing less in factories at home because resources are finite

You keep repeating yourself rather than look at what I've already said. You would be less confused if you stopped avoiding my points about finance and neoliberal approaches and foreign direct investment and dollar recycling.

us outsourcing started with "it's just supplemental" too

I've already addressed this many times.

so you can't use that as a bulwark against any notion of further outsourcing

I don't even consider all FDI to be outsourcing, including this. This is because of the actual financial and geopolitical productive underpinnings of China's strategy. This is all part of BRI.

You are confused because you are just arguing with yourself rather than try and understand others.