The Big 3: How Apple Built China's Manufacturing Empire
Apple’s decision to move manufacturing to China transformed not only the company, but the global economy.This week’s episode of The Big 3 with CPA senior economist Mihir Torsekar features bestselling author Patrick McGee, whose book Apple in China documents how Apple’s search for manufacturing ef...
City on Fire: A Novel of Hong Kong with Simon Elegant
John chats with writer and journalist Simon Elegant about his third novel, a crime thriller set during the Hong Kong protests of 2019. City on Fire is published by Pegasus Crime, an imprint of Simon & Schuster. The novel follows Inspector Killian Tong’s investigation of a brutal murder against a ...
City on Fire: A Novel of Hong Kong with Simon Elegant
John chats with writer and journalist Simon Elegant about his third novel, a crime thriller set during the Hong Kong protests of 2019. City on Fire is published by Pegasus Crime, an imprint of Simon & Schuster. The novel follows Inspector Killian Tong’s investigation of a brutal murder against a ...
City on Fire: A Novel of Hong Kong with Simon Elegant
John chats with writer and journalist Simon Elegant about his third novel, a crime thriller set during the Hong Kong protests of 2019. City on Fire is published by Pegasus Crime, an imprint of Simon & Schuster. The novel follows Inspector Killian Tong’s investigation of a brutal murder against a ...
Apple in China: How the iPhone Became an Economic Security Warning. With Patrick McGee
Apple helped build extraordinary manufacturing capacity in China, but that success also created dependency and loss of domestic know-how. Patrick McGee, New York Times bestselling author of Apple in China, joins Kit Conklin to explain how Apple trained tens of millions of workers, raised the qual...
Anthropic Whistleblower Says AI Could “Kill Us All”
Ed Elson is joined by Alex Kantrowitz to break down whether mass extinction concerns raised by an Anthropic researcher should be taken seriously. Then, Patrick McGee joins to give his take on the new foldable iPhone. Ara Kharazian also joins to unpack new data tracking how much American businesse...
#35: Apple's China Bet
Apple spent 25 years building China into a manufacturing superpower it can no longer say no to. We talk through Apple in China by Patrick McGee. Foxconn, the nets, Tim Cook's History and go on a detour about Wales' one contribution to Apple history. we also have a real talk about upcoming Wonky c...
Jon Stewart Slams CNN’s “Bombshell” Biden Book Promo Amidst Cancer Diagnosis | Patrick McGee
Jon Stewart critiques the media spin on Joe Biden’s cancer diagnosis, from CNN's shameless promotion of Jake Tapper’s book to Fox News’s "but"-tainted sympathies. Award-winning journalist Patrick McGee joins Jon to discuss how Apple built China in his new book "Apple in China: The Capture of the...
China’s Broken Economy with Logan Wright
China expert Logan Wright joins Emily and Geoff to talk about China’s broken economy. He explains why the country isn’t going back to high growth rates anytime soon, and what the structural issues driving China’s broken economy mean for U.S. economic and strategic interests. Logan’s new book is a...
S9 Ep56: Decoupling from China after Trump's Trade Wars
In March 2025, Apple chartered cargo flights to deliver 600 tonnes of iPhones from India to the United States. A year earlier, four in five smartphones that imported to the US came from China.
One of the aims of US trade policy has been to decouple the US economy from China. So is the strategy...
