A note on names -- Cast of characters -- Selected photos -- Author's note -- Introduction -- 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, 2011 -- 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, 2021-2023 -- Black swan : Huawei's future, 2023- -- Acknowledgments -- Huawei's corporate structure -- Timeline of events -- Additional reading -- Photo credits -- Index.