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[Book review] Apple in China: The Capture of the World’s Greatest Company

I just finished reading Patrick McGee’s book on Apple and here are my insights: 1. Vulnerability by Design – Apple made itself vulnerable by design. By instructing Chinese suppliers how to manufacture world‑class iPhones (from micrometer tolerances to assembly-line choreography) Apple inadvertently built also China’s industrial power. McGee quotes internal docs revealing Apple spent ~$275 billion […]