The origin story of Apple’s long-running relationship with FoxConn

In 2025, Patrick McGee published Apple in China: The Capture of the World's Greatest Company, a deeply-reported look at the tech giant's investment in - and growing reliance on - China. The following excerpt, pulled from Chapter 9 of Apple in China, examines the company's relationship with Foxconn, today the infamous builder of iPhones. Foxconn […]