Patrick McGee
@PatrickMcGee_
Author of Apple in China — named among the best books of 2025 by The New York Times, The Economist, & New Scientist. http://AppleInChina.com 🇨🇦
Life highlight might be Jon Stewart calling my book “jaw dropping” and “phenomenal.” Massive thanks to everyone @TheDailyShow. Totally surreal to be there. Book is on sale now. youtu.be/NAj9zB4vaZc?si…
Zhengzhou makes your iPhone. Now the central Chinese city is churning out cheap lab-grown diamonds for your engagement ring. The prices for synthetic diamonds have plummeted, falling by nearly 90% over the past five years. It is cheaper than ever to buy sparkling stones that…
You cannot have a great civilization without the ability to make things. That ability—manufacturing—is the foundation of power. @2112Power of @HadrianInc in @TheFP on reindustralizing America: thefp.com/p/america-wont…
Introducing: Made in America A Sourcery Mini-Series born at @reindsummit Detroit featuring 20+ of the most important leaders in American progress
Exciting personal news: I've just signed a book contract with Princeton University Press. My book will be about China's industrial policy, from EVs and batteries to AI and robotics. It's aimed at both general readers and researchers, in the style of my High Capacity newsletter.
This hits different midway through @PatrickMcGee_’s Apple in China (started in on my road trip).
1/ It's time to bring back "designed in California, made in California.” Today, at @reindsummit, @ashleevance and I introduced Solano Foundry, the largest advanced manufacturing park in America, an hour north of Silicon Valley. Built by @CAForever with @JLL. 🧵
“They say that China, by 2030, will have 45 percent of all global manufacturing output. In America we’ll fall to 11%. I say: Fuck that, we're gonna have 45%.” Shyam Shankar, @PalantirTech #reindustrialize @reindsummit
“So what does success look like? ‘Cause I don't think AI is about robot versus human. It's certainly not about the end of work. It's not about frivolous, bullshit, consumer applications. It's not about enriching the elites. It's about revitalizing the American spirit. It's…
On AI: “We’re in the early innings. We’ve done 1% or less of what’s possible here. So I don’t believe in the job rumors … AI is going to allow the American worker to have superpowers …. You’re going to be Luke Skywalker with an army of R2D2’s that help you get things done.”…
“America’s software industrial complex has failed us. It’s been focused for far too long on things that are easy to sell, not on things that are inherently valuable. It’s the opioid, not the medicine.” Shyam Shankar, @PalantirTech #reindustrialize @reindsummit
“Our biggest risk isn’t homicide, it’s suicide. It’s our unwillingness to get off our ass and actually complete. Our greatest threat isn’t China, it’s ourselves.” Shyam Shankar, @PalantirTech #reindustrialize @reindsummit
“China has 250x our shipbuilding capacity. China built more ships last year than we’ve built, cumulatively, since the end of World War 2. They made 2,000 ships last year. We made five … We are the underdog.” — Shyam Shankar, @PalantirTech #reindustrialize @reindsummit
Your iPhone exists because of a consequential global business partnership. Apple created China's tech superpower—while China created the modern iPhone. 3 million workers. Billion-component supply chains. My talk with "Apple in China" author @PatrickMcGee_ bit.ly/455gHSi
Join @PatrickMcGee_ and @JamesConnor1999 as they discuss Patrick's book Apple in China and how geopolitical tensions could threaten Apple's future. If you can't join Live check it out anytime on our @YouTube channel bit.ly/3GrfBa1
ASML shares plunged after the Dutch supplier of chip-making equipment said it could no longer guarantee growth in 2026 amid uncertainty from President Trump’s tariffs on.wsj.com/3TDKLhA
Days after Said Mussallet's killing, US ambassador to Israel is now calling for Israel to aggressively investigate the murder of a 20 year old Tampa man who was beaten to death by settlers in the Israeli Occupied West Bank. He refers to it as a terrorist act & the perpetrators as…
I have asked @Israel to aggressively investigate the murder of Saif Mussallet, an American citizen who was visiting family in Sinjil when he was beaten to death. There must be accountability for this criminal and terrorist act. Saif was just 20 yrs old.