Apple in China

The general take

Rene Haas mentions there's a book called "Apple in China" that documents the company's history there, but he doesn't express a particular viewpoint about Apple's operations or strategy in the Chinese market—he's just pointing to it as a reference source.

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“Phenomenal…a jaw-dropping book.” —Jon Stewart, The Daily Show Named by The New York Times , The New Yorker , and Prospect magazine as a best book of the year, this “scrupulously reported” ( The New Yorker ) and “astonishing” ( The Daily Telegraph , London ) book rivets with its portrayal of how Apple allowed itself to become dependent on China for a huge percentage of its manufacturing, making it vulnerable and unwittingly laying the groundwork for the Asian superpower to rival the US in technological expertise. After struggling to build products on three continents, Apple turned to China’s seemingly endless supply of cheap labor. It soon deployed thousands of engineers, trained millions of workers, and invested hundreds of billions of dollars to create the most advanced global supply chain.

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  Liam Donovan👍 Recommends

  …recommending books on industrial policy and foreign policy implications

  “Another one that I think, especially in this moment, you know, has a new significance now that we're talking about AI and all data centers and all these things. Patrick McGee's Apple in China, I found just very interesting from an industrial policy standpoint, from a foreign policy standpoint, from a national security standpoint. Really, really, really good and worth reading for your audience.”

  The Ezra Klein Show — Does Trump Want to Lose the Midterms?at 16:24
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  Rene Haas💬 Mentioned

  …discussing historical manufacturing transitions from US to Far East

  “There's a great book, Apple in China, that documents a lot of this.”

  All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg — Arm CEO Rene Haas on AI: Nvidia Lessons, Intel’s Decline and the US-China Chip Warat 17:08

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