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 wasn’t always a formidable company, though.

As McGee’s reporting illustrates, its exponential growth was thanks in large part to founder Terry Gou’s cultivation of a relationship with Apple.

That relationship played a huge role in taking the company from a supply outlet for affordable components to, … Read the full story at The Verge.

原文链接: The Verge