Apple In China Bookclub

​这期读书会我们将一起读 Patrick McGee 的热销作品 Apple in China。这本书细致讲述了苹果如何在中国建立起现代史上最复杂、最高效的制造与供应链体系之一，也讲述了中国如何成为世界上最有价值公司的关键支柱。

​这是一个关于苹果公司的覆盖全球的商业故事，也是一个和中国筋骨相连的故事：产业政策、劳工、全球化、技术转移、供应链，以及硅谷与中国制造之间复杂而亲密的关系。苹果的中国故事，如何帮助我们理解过去三十年的全球化？中国在这个过程中得到了什么，又失去了什么？在中美都开始重新思考依赖、安全与技术主权的今天，我们又该如何理解这段关系？

​我们也想在这期读书会中用元视角讨论这本书本身的反响。出版一年多以来，Apple in China 持续受到商业、科技、政策与中国观察者群体的关注。是什么解释了它的流行？为什么关于苹果、中国制造和全球供应链的故事，在2025得到巨大的反响？

​此前，我们的 Bookclub 已经一起读过并讨论过 Breakneck、Abundance、Wall Dancers、Other Rivers、Butter 等作品。和以往一样，本期读书会也将以中文进行。我们会从中国内外的双重视角出发，带着好奇、复杂性和对简单叙事的警惕，一起进入这本书。

​作者 Patrick McGee 将在活动最后 30 分钟加入我们，回答大家的问题；问答部分使用英文。

​For this book club, we will be reading Patrick McGee’s bestselling Apple in China. The book offers a richly detailed account of how Apple built one of the most complex and efficient manufacturing and supply-chain systems in modern history, and how China became an indispensable pillar of the world’s most valuable company.

​This is a global business story about Apple, but it is also a story inseparable from China at its very core: industrial policy, labor, globalization, technology transfer, supply chains, and the complex, intimate relationship between Silicon Valley and Chinese manufacturing. How does Apple’s China story help us understand the last three decades of globalization? What did China gain in the process, and what did it lose? And now that both the United States and China are rethinking dependency, security, and technological sovereignty, how should we understand this relationship?

​We also want to take a step back and discuss the reception of the book itself. More than a year after publication, Apple in China continues to attract attention across business, technology, policy, and China-watching circles. What explains its popularity? Why does a story about Apple, Chinese manufacturing, and global supply chains still feel so urgent today?

​In previous sessions, our Book Club has read and discussed works including Breakneck, Abundance, Wall Dancers, Other Rivers, and Butter. As always, this session will be conducted in Chinese. We will approach the book from perspectives both inside and outside China, with curiosity, nuance, and a healthy skepticism toward overly simple narratives.

​Patrick McGee will join us for the final 30 minutes to answer questions. The Q&A segment will be conducted in English.