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

March 30, 2026 Patrick McGee

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Images of Terry Gou, Foxconn CEO, with images of a Foxconn factory and a Mac G4.

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.

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