Book recommendation:
Apple in China: The Capture of the World’s Greatest Company” by Patrick McGee
Understanding Apple’s China entanglement is essential for anyone working on tech competition, export controls, or supply chain policy. Patrick McGee does an amazing job explaining how Apple and China got to this point in time.
Apple’s China investments exceeded the Marshall Plan, creating unprecedented supply chain interdependence. Now Apple trained 28M+ workers who power competitors like Huawei.
China played the long game—used Apple (and Tesla) partnerships to systematically upgrade domestic tech capabilities.