Apple in China : the capture of the world's greatest company
McGee, Patrick2025
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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 shifted its operations offshore. 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.
Main title:
Apple in China : the capture of the world's greatest company / Patrick McGee.
Author:
McGee, Patrick, author
Imprint:
London : Simon & Schuster UK Ltd., 2025.
Collation:
352 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781398534360 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
382.41411382.414382.41411 MCG382.414 MACG382.4141
Language:
English
BRN:
6881888