*** THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER *** ‘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.
