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Patrick’s 2025 Year in Books
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Patrick McGee
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Apple in China: The Capture of the World's Greatest Company
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Lisa Pagan's review
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Apple in China: The Capture of the World's Greatest Company:
"Really a fascinating read and a bit scary. No wonder China is leading in manufacturing and has been outpacing other countries in technology. "
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"Great in-depth overview of the Apple's largest real business advantage over competitors woven into an economics lesson about the growth of the Chinese market, and Chinese cultural business practice over the last forty years. "
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Apple in China: The Capture of the World's Greatest Company:
"An intriguing look at the world's biggest and arguably most important company and its inextricable, complicated relationship with an increasingly authoritarian China. Must-read for anyone interested in the interconnected global trade ecosystem and ho"
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“Quite simply, you don’t get to do business in China today without doing exactly what the Chinese government wants you to do. Period. No one is immune. No one.”
― Apple in China: The Capture of the World's Greatest Company
― Apple in China: The Capture of the World's Greatest Company
“The iPhone accounts for fewer than 20 percent of smartphones sold around the world, yet it routinely boasts more than 80 percent of industry profits.”
― Apple in China: The Capture of the World's Greatest Company
― Apple in China: The Capture of the World's Greatest Company
“What’s a reasonable thing to ask them? What are they likely to be able to do?” Paley says. “Whereas he was kinda saying, ‘You have no clue! You have no idea what the supplier might actually be capable of. So don’t be afraid to ask for the moon. Ask for everything you want. Ask for everything you need. If they can’t do it, they’ll say no.”
― Apple in China: The Capture of the World's Greatest Company
― Apple in China: The Capture of the World's Greatest Company
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“The Bible is very easy to understand. But we Christians are a bunch of scheming swindlers. We pretend to be unable to understand it because we know very well that the minute we understand, we are obliged to act accordingly.”
― Provocations: Spiritual Writings of Kierkegaard
― Provocations: Spiritual Writings of Kierkegaard
“It is perhaps the misfortune of my life that I am interested in far too much but not decisively in any one thing; all my interests are not subordinated in one but stand on an equal footing.”
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“The less support an idea has,the more fervently it must be believed in, so that a totally preposterous idea requires unflinching faith.”
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“Riches and abundance come hypocritically clad in sheep’s clothing, pretending to be security against anxieties, and they become then the object of anxiety. They secure a man against anxieties just about as well as the wolf that is put to tending the sheep.”
― The Quotable Kierkegaard
― The Quotable Kierkegaard
