A China se tornou uma potência industrial e, mais recentemente, uma líder global na produção de veículos elétricos. Essa ascensão notável, como apontado pelo Xataca Brasil, teve um catalisador surpreendente: a Apple. Embora não fosse a intenção direta da gigante da tecnologia, seus investimentos e práticas moldaram significativamente o cenário industrial chinês. "Parece completamente maluco, é verdade, mas foi exatamente isso que aconteceu", admitiu Patrick McGee, ex-correspondente do Financial Times, em entrevista a Jon Stewart no The Daily Show.
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00:00Apple's unexpected boost to China's industrial rise
00:03China has become an industrial powerhouse and, more recently,
00:08a global leader in the production of electric vehicles.
00:12This remarkable rise, as pointed out by Chattaca Brasil,
00:16had a surprising catalyst, Apple.
00:19Although it was not the direct intention of the technology giant,
00:23their investments and practices have significantly shaped the Chinese industrial landscape.
00:27It sounds completely crazy, it's true, but that's exactly what happened,
00:33admitted Patrick Magui, former Financial Times correspondent,
00:37in an interview with John Stewart on The Daily Show.
00:41Today, it is difficult to find a product that is not wholly or partially manufactured in China.
00:47This ubiquity is no accident, and Apple has played a crucial role in its consolidation.
00:53Apple's Billions and the Formation of the Chinese Workforce
00:56In the early 2000s, Apple faced a major challenge with the production of the iMac G4,
01:03released in 2002.
01:05The parts came from up to six different Asian countries,
01:09making the process slow, costly and unfeasible for the ambitious project.
01:14From that point on, Apple began a massive investment in China.
01:18The company not only invested billions, but also financed and trained millions of Chinese workers,
01:25shaping the country's industrial model in the field of new technologies.
01:30China offered a vast and malleable workforce, willing to meet challenging deadlines.
01:36What was missing was the technical knowledge, and Apple provided it.
01:40Between 2016 and 2021, Apple invested $275 billion in China,
01:47professionalizing around 28 million people, including workers, engineers and managers.
01:54This monumental investment covered everything from machinery and tools
01:58to training workers who produce iPhones and other branded products.
02:02The American company not only hired third parties to manufacture its products,
02:08but also financed the factories themselves, their machines and the training of their employees.
02:14Consumer Day 2013 and the Apple scam
02:17In 2013, Chinese Consumer Day, an annual event, celebrated on March 15,
02:24which highlights the foreign company that most harmed local consumers, targeted Apple.
02:30As a result, the company's sales in the country plummeted.
02:35To reverse this unfavorable situation, Apple had a strategic idea,
02:40demonstrate to the country the volume of its investments in infrastructure and workforce training.
02:46This initiative was, ironically, the final push for the Chinese market to realize its own potential,
02:52a potential that was largely financed by a foreign company from a country
02:57with whom China today maintains complex relations.
03:01Apple taught future cell phone makers how to make good products,
03:06sharing knowledge and experience in areas such as battery production,
03:10precision technologies and microchip manufacturing.
03:14In the highly competitive Chinese market, this expertise spread quickly.
03:18It is no coincidence that 55% of the global smartphone market today is dominated by Chinese brands such as Oppo, Huawei and Xiaomi.
03:28From smartphones to electric cars, the evolution of Chinese industry.
03:34An electric vehicle, at its core, is not that different from a smartphone on wheels.
03:39The ability to manufacture high-precision electronics was a springboard for the automobile industry.
03:45Today, companies like Xiaomi and Huawei produce their own electric cars,
03:51in addition to smartphones, televisions and vacuum cleaners.
03:55Apple's massive investment in China has not only boosted,
03:58but also shaped China's high value-added industry.
04:02So much so that, when establishing its factory in Shanghai,
04:05Tesla sought professionals mostly with experience at Apple or its suppliers
04:10to replicate the same production methods, as guaranteed by MCG.
04:15The result we see today is not just the result of Apple's massive investment,
04:20but also from a State vision,
04:22initiated by Deng Xiaoping in the 1980s and accelerated by Xi Jinping since his rise to power.
04:28The West looked to China to manufacture cheap products,
04:31and ended up teaching her how to do it.
04:34Now the student has surpassed the master and wants his own slice of the global pie.
04:40Lessons from history. Don't repeat the past.
04:42The history of foreign investment in China,
04:46which result in knowledge transfer and training,
04:49is not new, although Apple's scale was unprecedented.
04:54In the 1980s, for example, American Motors Company, AMC,
04:59formed a joint venture with China's Bike in 1983.
05:02AMC invested $16 million, half of which was in technology and equipment,
05:09resulting in the manufacture of the Jeep Cherokee XJ,
05:12the first Western model produced in communist China.
05:16The following year, the Volkswagen group joined forces with Saik, the current owner of MG,
05:21creating Volkswagen Shanghai.
05:23Volkswagen currently has 39 factories and 90,000 employees in China.
05:29Many still see Chinese products as low quality or mere copies.
05:34However, the truth is that Chinese companies are, to a large extent,
05:39applying and improving the knowledge that was transferred to them.
05:43What the West taught, China now executes masterfully and on a global scale.