Apple in China Book Talk

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BOOK TALK: Apple in China
Journalist Patrick McGee delves into how Apple helped build China's dominance electronics assembly and manufacturing only to find itself trapped in a relationship with an authoritarian state. After struggling to build its products on three continents, Apple was lured by China’s seemingly inexhaustible supply of cheap labor. Soon it was sending thousands of engineers across the Pacific, training millions of workers, and spending hundreds of billions of dollars to create the world’s most sophisticated supply chain. These capabilities enabled Apple to build the 21st century’s most iconic products—in staggering volume and for enormous profit.
Tech Titans of China author Rebecca Fannin leads a chat and Q&A with Patrick about his new book, which releases mid-May 2025. Apple in China books will be available for signing at the event.

AUTHOR BIO

Patrick McGee was the Financial Times’s principal Apple reporter from 2019 to 2023, during which time he won a San Francisco Press Club Award for his coverage. He joined the newspaper in 2013, in Hong Kong, before reporting from Germany and California. Previously, he was a bond reporter at The Wall Street Journal. He has a master’s degree in global diplomacy from SOAS, University of London, and a degree in religious studies from the University of Toronto.

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