My fascination with Huawai began when I walked into what I thought would be the Apple store in Shanghai. Fashioned with high white ceilings and see through windows, they had everything from smartwatches, to trifold phones, to cars.
The book captures the journey of this behemoth, interspersing it with the history of Modern China. It’s fast paced, sprinkled with ample references, and manages to capture to readers attention even while stitching together pieces of publicly available information.
I came away understanding a lot more about the cultural, political and technological shift that has happened inside China, while being fearful of the power that multi-national conglomerates controlling the base communication infrastructure hold.