Apple in China,” by Patrick McGee, tells the gripping tale of how the computer giant’s decades-long investment in China fueled its spectacular success and, in turn, accelerated

Apple’s success rests on the iPhone. The profitable pocket device helped turn it from a niche player in the personal computer industry into one of world’s largest companies, with a market capitalisation of almost $3 trillion.

The world’s most valuable company has become so reliant on Chinese suppliers and sales that it would be worth half as much or less without them.

Apple is putting its money — most recently, $99 million of it — where its promises are. The tech maker recently announced a new clean energy fund in China in order to continue converting its ...

Tripp MickleSeveral years before Donald Trump entered politics, Apple and its partners built massive factories across China to assemble iPhones.