Apple in China by Patrick McGee

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Apple in China tells the untold story of how one of the most celebrated American companies in history became inseparably entangled with America's biggest geopolitical rival. Drawing on years of reporting as the Financial Times's principal Apple correspondent, journalist Patrick McGee traces Apple's decades-long journey from a struggling, nearly bankrupt company in the 1990s to the world's most valuable corporation, revealing how that transformation was built almost entirely on a manufacturing partnership with China that began as a cost-cutting necessity and grew into something far more consequential.

Drawing on extensive interviews, internal memos, and firsthand access to the "Gang of Eight" executives tasked with managing Apple's relationship with Beijing, McGee reveals how Apple didn't simply outsource production to Chinese factories — it invested hundreds of billions of dollars, embedded its own engineers on factory floors, and transferred world-class manufacturing expertise that helped transform China's tech sector, giving rise to homegrown competitors like Huawei, Xiaomi, and Oppo. As China's government grew more authoritarian under Xi Jinping, Apple found itself trapped by its own success: too deeply concentrated in Chinese manufacturing to easily leave, and increasingly subject to the political demands of the very state it had helped make a technological superpower. Praised as a masterful, evenhanded work of business journalism that refuses to simply cast blame, Apple in China offers a gripping, meticulously reported account of corporate power, globalization, and the fragile balance between Silicon Valley ambition and geopolitical reality.

Why Choose This Book?

• A New York Times bestseller: Named a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times, The New Yorker, and The Washington Post.
• From Apple's own Financial Times beat reporter: Patrick McGee covered Apple for the FT from 2019 to 2023, winning a San Francisco Press Club Award for his coverage.
• Deeply and rigorously reported: Built on extensive interviews, internal emails, and memos rarely accessible to outside journalists.
• Evenhanded and balanced: Praised by reviewers for avoiding both fanboy reverence and one-sided blame in its analysis of Tim Cook and Apple's leadership.
• Timely and geopolitically urgent: Essential reading for understanding U.S.-China tech tensions, supply chains, and deglobalization.

About the Author: Patrick McGee

Patrick McGee is a journalist who worked for the Financial Times from 2013 to 2023, reporting from Hong Kong, Germany, and California with a focus on technology relations between China and the United States and global supply chains. He previously worked as a bond reporter at The Wall Street Journal and holds a master's degree in global diplomacy from SOAS, University of London. Apple in China is his debut book.

Who Should Read This Book?

• Readers interested in business history, technology, and global supply chains
• Anyone following U.S.-China trade relations and geopolitical tension
• Fans of books like Chip War, American Factory, and The Big Short
• Investors and professionals in tech, manufacturing, or international business
• Readers curious about the real story behind the iPhone's global success

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