{"id":11482,"date":"2026-07-12T17:43:42","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T09:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/?p=11482"},"modified":"2026-07-12T17:43:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T09:43:42","slug":"zerodha-co-founder-nikhil-kamaths-latest-book-pick-9-10-rating-for-apple-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/?p=11482","title":{"rendered":"Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath&#039;s latest book pick: 9\/10 rating for &#039;Apple In China&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p> <div> <p>Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath has recommended Apple in China by journalist Patrick McGee, giving the book a 9\/10 rating. He praised its account of how China built its manufacturing strength through investment, learning and industrial ecosystems.<\/p> <p>In a post on Friday, Kamath summed up the book&#8217;s central takeaway in a few words.\u00a0&#8220;Rating 9\/10&#8230;Allow outsiders in, let them invest, learn, climb up the value chain, outcompete, replace, export. (Ecosystem ecosystem ecosystem).\u00a0Easy read, very story book like.&#8221;<\/p> <div class=\"embedcode\"> <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"> <p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\">Rating 9\/10..<\/p> <p>Allow outsiders in, let them invest, learn, climb up the value chain, outcompete, replace, export.( Ecosystem ecosystem ecosystem)<\/p> <p>Easy read, very story book like.. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HeBFMt2eQS\">pic.twitter.com\/HeBFMt2eQS<\/a><\/p> <p>\u2014 Nikhil Kamath (@nikhilkamathcio) July 10, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote> <\/div> <p><strong>Don&#8217;t Miss |\u00a0Billionaire&#8217;s reading list: Zerodha&#8217;s Nikhil Kamath rates 5 books guiding his life &amp; strategy<\/strong><\/p> <p><strong>How Apple Became Central To China&#8217;s Rise<\/strong><\/p> <p>Published in May 2025, Apple in China traces how Apple&#8217;s emergence as the world&#8217;s most valuable technology company became closely linked with China&#8217;s transformation into a global manufacturing and technology powerhouse.<\/p> <p>Drawing on more than 200 interviews with former Apple executives, engineers, and supply chain insiders, McGee argues that Apple&#8217;s investments in China extended well beyond assembling iPhones.<\/p> <p>According to the book, the company transferred manufacturing expertise, engineering know-how, and supply-chain practices that helped build one of the world&#8217;s most sophisticated electronics manufacturing ecosystems.<\/p> <p>The book also contends that the relationship created deep interdependence: Apple relied on China&#8217;s manufacturing capabilities, while China leveraged the knowledge and expertise to accelerate its ambitions of becoming a global technology leader.<\/p> <p>McGee describes the partnership as one of the defining business and geopolitical stories of the 21st century.<\/p> <p>Patrick McGee is a Canadian journalist who specialises in technology, global supply chains and geopolitics. He spent a decade at the Financial Times, reporting from Hong Kong, Germany, and California.<\/p> <p>From 2019 to 2023, McGee served as the FT&#8217;s principal Apple correspondent before taking a sabbatical to research and write Apple in China.\u00a0<\/p> <\/div> <p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>Nikhil Kamath, Apple in China, Patrick McGee, Nikhil Kamath book recommendation, Apple China book review, Zerodha co-founder, Apple supply chain, China manufacturing, Apple ecosystem, business books 2026#Zerodha #cofounder #Nikhil #Kamath039s #latest #book #pick #rating #039Apple #China0391783849422<\/p> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath has recommended Apple in China by journalist Patrick McGee, giving the book a 9\/10 rating. He praised its account of how China built its manufacturing strength through investment, learning and industrial ecosystems. 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