Apple in China: The Capture of the World's Greatest Company by Patrick McGee

Our book for February is Apple in China: The Capture of the World's Greatest Company by Patrick McGee.

For those who are interested, here is the link to the detailed results from the voting.

Here is a summary of the book:

Patrick McGee’s Apple in China challenges the standard narrative of Apple’s global dominance, revealing that the company’s success is inextricably tied to a massive, precarious dependency on China. McGee details how Tim Cook, known as "Mr. Spreadsheet," orchestrated a secret $275 billion deal and deployed an army of engineers to transform China’s unskilled workforce into the world’s most sophisticated manufacturing machine. This move saved Apple from near-bankruptcy and fueled the iPhone’s rise, but it came at a steep price: Apple didn't just hire Chinese factories; it effectively transferred American technical know-how to Beijing, unknowingly laying the foundation for China’s own tech superpowers and giving the Chinese Communist Party immense leverage over the world’s most valuable company.

This event will be hybrid. I will host the meeting in person at my house in Berkeley which is near the intersection of College Ave and Woolsey St. I will email people the address the Saturday before the meeting.

Here are the Google Meet details:
Google Meet link: https://meet.google.com/zem-xnbw-tuh
Or dial: ‪(US) +1 641-854-0146‬ PIN: ‪637 012 874‬#