The article by Patrick McGee explores Apple's decades-long investment in China, highlighting how the partnership fueled Apple's success and contributed to China's technological rise. After Steve Jobs' return to Apple, the need for production scale brought the company to China, leveraging low costs and production capabilities. However, as Apple grew intertwined with the Chinese market, the article cautions that this dependence creates existential risks, positioning Apple as a junior partner in China's pursuit of technology supremacy.
"China allowed Apple to exploit its workers, so that China can, in turn, exploit Apple."
"Apple's massive investment in China is beginning to look like a Faustian bargain."
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