{"product_id":"9781398534360-untitled-business-book","title":"Apple in China","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Capture of the World's Greatest Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor readers of Walter Isaacson’s \u003ci\u003eSteve Jobs\u003c\/i\u003e and Chris Miller’s \u003ci\u003eChip War\u003c\/i\u003e, a riveting look at how Apple helped build China’s dominance in electronics assembly and manufacturing only to find itself trapped in a relationship with an authoritarian state making ever-increasing demands.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e*** THE \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e BESTSELLER *** \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e* WINNER OF THE SABEW BEST IN BUSINESS BOOK AWARDS 2025 FOR BUSINESS REPORTING * \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Absolutely riveting’ \u003c\/b\u003ePeter Frankopan, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Silk Roads\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Disturbing and enlightening’ \u003c\/b\u003eChris Miller, author of \u003ci\u003eChip War\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Hugely important’ \u003c\/b\u003eRana Foroohar, author of \u003ci\u003eMakers and Takers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘A once-in-a-generation read’\u003c\/b\u003e Robert D. Kaplan, author of \u003ci\u003eWaste Land\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAs 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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eApple 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInvestigative 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, \u003ci\u003eApple in China\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41793805615201,"sku":"9781398534360","price":16.96,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_32818239.jpg?v=1738423588","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781398534360-untitled-business-book","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}