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FOR BUSINESS REPORTING * 'Absolutely riveting' Peter Frankopan author of The Silk Roads
'Disturbing and enlightening' Chris Miller author of Chip War 'Hugely important' Rana
Foroohar author of Makers and Takers 'A once-in-a-generation read' Robert D. Kaplan author
of Waste Land As Trump wages a tariff war with China seeking to boost domestic electronics
manufacturing this book offers an unparalleled insight into why his strategy is embarrassingly
naïve. Apple isn't just a brand it's the world's most valuable company and creator of the
21st century's defining product. The iPhone has revolutionized the way we live work and
connect. But Apple is now a victim of its own success caught in the middle of a new Cold War
between two superpowers. On the brink of bankruptcy in 1996 Apple adopted an outsourcing
strategy. By 2003 it was lured to China by the promise of affordable ubiquitous labour. As the
iPod and iPhone transformed Apple's fortunes their sophisticated production played a seminal
role in financing training supervising and supplying Chinese manufacturers - skills Beijing
is now weaponizing against the West. Investigative journalist Patrick McGee draws on 200
interviews with former Apple executives and engineers to reveal how Cupertino's choice to
anchor its supply chain in China has increasingly made it vulnerable to the regime's whims.
Both an insider's historical account and a cautionary tale Apple in China is the first history
of Apple to go beyond the biographies of its top executives and set the iPhone's global
domination within an increasingly fraught geopolitical context.
