Apple in China: The Capture of the World’s Greatest Company, former Financial Times correspondent Patrick McGee delivers a riveting, scrupulously reported examination of how Silicon Valley’s most valuable corporation became deeply entangled with the Chinese state.  

Drawing on hundreds of internal documents, secretive executive communications, and over two hundred interviews—from frontline factory workers to high-level tech executives—McGee exposes the dramatic transformation of Apple’s global operations. What began as an efficiency-driven quest under Tim Cook to source flexible, low-cost labor gradually evolved into an existential vulnerability. In building a world-class manufacturing empire in Shenzhen and beyond, Apple not only fueled the dominance of the iPhone, but also transferred crucial technological know-how that nurtured domestic competitors like Huawei and helped build China’s modern tech infrastructure.  

Essential reading for fans of Chip War and The Big Short, this book presents a cautionary tale at the crossroads of global trade, national security, tech supremacy, and human rights.