How Apple’s China celebration became a conundrum

Factories and consumers in the People’s Republic helped turn the iPhone (https://www.reuters.com/breakingviews/china-has-spicy-menu-us-trade-war-reprisals-2025-03-19/) maker into a $3 trln giant. Now geopolitical tensions (https://www.reuters.com/breakingviews/apples-china-detox-is-painful-overdue-2025-05-13/#) are straining the relationship (https://www.reuters.com/breakingviews/shifting-world-order-suits-inbetweener-economies-2025-04-04/) . In this episode of The Big View podcast, ‘Apple in China’ author Patrick McGee explains why there’s no easy way out.




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