{"product_id":"apple-in-china-the-capture-of-the-worlds-greatest-company-9781398534391","title":"Apple in China: The Capture of the World's Greatest Company","description":"\u003cp\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\u003c\/p\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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* UPDATED TO INCLUDE A NEW EPILOGUE *\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat if the greatest business success story of the twenty-first century was hiding the West’s gravest mistake?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor two decades, Apple poured billions into China, training millions of workers and building the most advanced supply and manufacturing system in history. But those same investments transferred knowledge, skills and power, handing China the tools to challenge America’s dominance and putting Apple in the middle of a new Cold War between two superpowers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBased on hundreds of exclusive interviews, Patrick McGee’s gripping exposé reveals Apple’s vulnerability for the first time – and shows how one company’s triumph inadvertently reshaped the global balance of power.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Devastatingly clear’\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Scrupulously reported’ \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Absolutely riveting’\u003cb\u003e Peter Frankopan  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Disturbing and enlightening’\u003cb\u003e Chris Miller \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This is the best book about Apple ever written’\u003cb\u003e Ben Thompson, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eStratechery\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch4\u003eDetails\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN13: 9781398534391\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNumber of Pages: 480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication Date: 15 Sep 2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: Simon \u0026amp; Schuster Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication City, Country: London, United Kingdom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions (cm): 19.8(H)x13(L)x2.9(W)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeight (gm): \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h4\u003ePatrick McGee has been a journalist with the \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e since 2013, reporting from Hong Kong, Germany, and California. He led the\u003ci\u003e FT’s\u003c\/i\u003e Apple coverage from 2019 to 2023 and won a San Francisco Press Club Award for his deep dive into Apple's HR problems. Previously, he was a bond reporter at The \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e in New York. He has a Master’s in Global Diplomacy from SOAS, University of London, and a degree in Religious Studies from the University of Toronto. He resides in the Bay Area with his wife and two daughters.\u003ch4\u003eReviews\u003c\/h4\u003e'This is \u003cb\u003ethe best book about Apple ever written\u003c\/b\u003e, one of the \u003cb\u003ebest books about China \u003c\/b\u003eever written, and one of the\u003cb\u003e best books about tech\u003c\/b\u003e, period' -- Ben Thompson * \u003ci\u003eStratechery\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e‘As Patrick McGee makes devastatingly clear in his \u003cb\u003esmart and comprehensive\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eApple in China\u003c\/i\u003e, the American company’s decision under Tim Cook, the current C.E.O., to manufacture about 90 percent of its products in China has created an \u003cb\u003eexistential vulnerability not just for Apple, but for the United States\u003c\/b\u003e – nurturing the conditions for Chinese technology to outpace American innovation . . . \u003cb\u003e[a] persuasive exposé of the trillion-dollar company’s uncomfortably close relationship with the global power \u003c\/b\u003e. . . what began as a feat of manufacturing has troubling consequences for the entire world’  * \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e‘\u003cb\u003eAn eye-opening exposé\u003c\/b\u003e . . . \u003cb\u003eApple is notoriously secretive, but McGee proffers dozens of first-hand accounts\u003c\/b\u003e of how the company essentially bumbled its way into becoming hooked on China . . . As an insight into how this odd couple became so entwined – in Apple’s manufacturing and engineering processes, design secrets, business partnerships and a large chunk of its sales\u003ci\u003e – \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eApple in China\u003c\/i\u003e is astonishing\u003c\/b\u003e. Let’s hope for Apple’s sake that Donald Trump doesn’t read this book’ * \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e‘\u003cb\u003eExplains how Apple became inseparable from China\u003c\/b\u003e and what the fracturing of global trade means for one of the world’s most valuable companies . . . Mr McGee excels at describing the intricacies of supply chains . . . his \u003cb\u003etimely book\u003c\/b\u003e poses a question for investors and policymakers alike: can the company thrive without China? If the answer is no, then a failure to end the trade war will bruise Apple even more deeply than the global economy’ * \u003ci\u003eEconomist\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e‘\u003cb\u003eFlips the usual narrative about Apple and China on its head\u003c\/b\u003e . . . forcefully argues that Apple may be the single biggest supporter of President Xi’s “Made in China 2025” plan’  * \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair \u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e‘\u003cb\u003eThis book is totemic and important,\u003c\/b\u003e and hits the shelves just as the United States and China teeter on the brink of a trade war. Nothing joins the American and Chinese economies so profoundly as Apple. It may well be that Cook and Apple steer the world through these troubled waters. Or it might be that Apple is sunk by them. We all know that manufacturing, logistics and supply chains are important. \u003cb\u003eMcGee has managed to make them thrilling \u003c\/b\u003eas well’ * \u003ci\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e'Apple is more than the world's greatest company. It is integral to the whole culture of globalisation. Patrick McGee not only narrates the \u003cb\u003eepic history of Apple\u003c\/b\u003e, but explains how, in effect, it got taken over by China, the world's greatest illiberal power. To call this book \u003cb\u003ea page-turner \u003c\/b\u003eis almost to diminish its importance. It is \u003cb\u003ea once-in-a-generation read\u003c\/b\u003e'  -- Robert D. Kaplan, author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eThe Revenge of Geography\u003c\/i\u003e and the forthcoming \u003ci\u003eWaste Land: A World in Permanent Crisis,\u003c\/i\u003e and Robert Strausz-Hupé Chair in Geopolitics at the Foreign Policy Research Institute\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eAbsolutely riveting.\u003c\/b\u003e An extraordinary story, expertly told – and one that has important implications for Apple, for tech and for global geoeconomics'  -- Peter Frankopan, Professor of Global History at Oxford and author of the bestselling \u003ci\u003eThe Silk Roads\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eDeeply researched, disturbing and enlightening\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eApple in China \u003c\/i\u003ereveals how Apple enabled China’s rise, seemingly at the cost of its own future. In these pages we watch as the world's most profitable company gets outmaneuvered by the world's most powerful dictator. Using an impressively broad palette, McGee paints a picture of Apple CEO Tim Cook resolutely trying to save costs by placing nearly all of the company’s advanced manufacturing base in Beijing’s grip, only to find it impossible to wriggle free' -- Chris Miller, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eChip War \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A tour-de-force account of how the world's most influential company empowered the inexorable rise of the regime that now shapes its – and our – future. \u003cb\u003ePaced like a thriller\u003c\/b\u003e and spanning the years from before Steve Jobs’s fateful decision to outsource production to more recent times which shine a fresh spotlight on Tim Cook’s careful wooing of Donald Trump, \u003ci\u003eApple in China\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003ecaptures every twist and turn\u003c\/b\u003e of the tech giant’s off-kilter and decidedly off-script relationship with the authoritarian state. What will surprise many is how China ensnared a corporate titan by matching and then surpassing its knack for ruthless efficiency and global dominance' -- Megan Murphy, former Editor in Chief of \u003ci\u003eBloomberg BusinessWeek\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Patrick McGee","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49279535907033,"sku":"9781398534391","price":24.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0502\/9530\/8441\/files\/9781398534391.jpg?v=1789818645","url":"https:\/\/www.arielbooks.com.au\/products\/apple-in-china-the-capture-of-the-worlds-greatest-company-9781398534391","provider":"Ariel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}