Several good books have already been written about Apple.  Walter Isaacson’s magisterial biography of Steve Jobs in 2011 is one. Michael Moritz’s 1984 book The Little Kingdom: The Private Story of Apple Computer is another. Jony Ive: The Genius Behind Apple’s Greatest Products by Leander Kahney is also worth a read.  This makes Patrick McGee’s brilliant book, Apple in China: The Capture of the World’s Greatest Company, all the more remarkable.  Not only is it well written, but by tracing Apple’s growing dependence on outsourcing—specifically, shifting all its manufacturing to China – the book points to a deeper truth: how…

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