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How Apple Helped Build China’s Tech Power

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Apple’s rise into one of the world’s most valuable companies was powered in large part by China. However, that relationship came with enormous geopolitical consequences. Investigative journalist and former Financial Times reporter Patrick McGee joins Bloomberg Businessweek Daily to discuss his bests
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