Book reviews: 'Apple in China: The Capture of the World's Greatest Company' and 'Wild Thing: A Life of Paul Gauguin'

Book reviews: 'Apple in China: The Capture of the World's Greatest Company' and 'Wild Thing: A Life of Paul Gauguin'


The world's first $3 trillion publicly traded company manufactures 80% of its products in the Communist Party–run nation, and while that level of dependence makes Apple itself vulnerable to political storms, the company's enormous investment in the country over the past 30 years has also vastly accelerated China's effort to overtake the U.S. as the world's technological superpower. SUBSCRIBE & SAVE Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox. "This twist surprises," as we've long been told that the Paris-born postimpressionist was a sex tourist who died of the sexually transmitted disease after spending the last dozen of his 54 years spreading it among the teenage girls he impregnated in French Polynesia.

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Published at: 2025-06-10 21:26:13

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