The bookseller: the Ren family: 1937-1968 -- The factory in the cave: Ren's military years: 1968-1982 -- A new start: China's economic reforms begin: 1976-1984 -- The special economic zone: Huawei's origins: 1980-1989 -- A homegrown switch: early R&D: 1993-1994 -- A shared interest: Huawei forges ties to the state: 1994-1996 -- Pack of wolves: Huawei's sales machine: 1990s -- Farewell to the paramount leader: Deng Xiaoping's death and the Hong Kong handover: 1997 -- Iron army: Huawei abroad: 1996-1999 -- Huawei's basic law: management reforms: 1996-1999 -- Winter: dot-com bubble burst: 1999-2001 -- Sudden and acute: Iraq, SARS, and Cisco: 2003-2004 -- The roads to empire: global expansion: 2004-2008 -- Separation of powers: management evolution: 2006-2008 -- The torch: Beijing Olympics: 2008 -- The western front: Washington and London: 2009-2010 -- Revolution: the Arab spring: 2001 -- The hearing: House investigation: 2012 -- Low visibility: the Iran affair: 2013 -- Shotgiant: the Snowden leaks: 2013-2014 -- Sharp eyes: big data arrives: 2015-2016 -- A thing of beauty: Huawei's smartphone triumph: 2016-2017 -- The listening state: the modern surveillance era: 2017-2018 -- Hostage diplomacy: several detentions: December 2018 -- Waterloo: the trade war: 2019-2020 -- The trial: Meng's extradition case: 2019-2021 -- A hero's welcome: Meng's return: 2021-2023 -- Black swan: Huawei's future: 2023- -- Acknowledgments -- Huawei's corporate structure -- Timeline of events

"The epic story of Huawei, China's most powerful company, and its reclusive founder, Ren Zhengfei"--