Wouldn't China be nothing without US businesses?

Maybe not nothing, but not much. It was our influx of capital that got them rolling. they are exploiting internal markets now and may not need us as much as we need them at present. They are never more than "frenemies" to any one, even amongst themselves.

Not exactly. In economic terms, China itself with 1.3 billion people is big enough an economy that can be on its own; a situation in Economics called Autarky. It's said that an economy with just about 60 million people can develop its own economy because of the number of 60 million is large enough to sustain any industry on its own, and China has many times over than 60 million.

Looking at the world at present, it is interdependent world of economies. In trade and investment term, China has enjoyed trade surpluses with my large economy for a very long time; and that includes with the US. Right now, China is No. 2 world largest economy and will surpass the US in the near future. Resulting from that China is the world largest holder of US bonds, second only to Japan.

Coming back to your question, Apple isn't the biggest company in the world last I check was Exxon mobil. But according to fortune 500 Walmart is bigger than Exxon. In any case, I don't see Apple coming back to producing in any other country than China in a near future.

With IMF's recent suggestion for the Chinese to keep its currency strong is nothing but an attempt to try to make China becomes a more consumers' country rather than producer. In this present world of interdependent, without China, being the largest populated country in the world, with its economy expanding at double or near double digits during the past couple of decades, the only win win situation is to keep China expanding and being what economists are calling "Locomotive Effect' pulling everyone else, including the US and Europe out of their present economic slums.

The US is having serious trouble (when did the US was not serious trouble?) at the moment, which is how to rise the public debt ceiling from 14.3 trillion up (which at the moment, the debts already had surpassed that limit already and within 2 August, the US will default on its bonds). Europe is in deep trouble, with Greece, Portugal, Ireland, coming up is Spain and Italy being deep in pubic debts as well.

The era of economic supremacy of US and Europe is just about to be over.

60% of world population is in Asia, counting roughly China and India, combining these two countries is about more than 1/3 of global populations already, and these two countries is expanding rapidly.

Moving Apple production back to the US, will not see much changes at all, but it should help the unemployment in the US, may be a little.

It would have been nothing with out the US investment. The idea of Communism will never work and now China has got to grips with this with the aid of all the western countries China is growing.It will never be the super power as it has too many people to control within it's own boundaries.

No company will willingly reduce their profits. If a company pulls out of China and does their manufacturing in the US or elsewhere, they'll just pass the extra cost onto the consumer. If you think Apple products are expensive now, you wouldn't want to see how expensive they would be if they cost twice as much to make.

Actually have you heard, China is voicing a lot lately that they are starting to not want to buy are bonds because they fear for a bubble in their economy. And also, they are trading internationally heavily and trying to pull away from the US economy and trade with countries who are more pro-china or at least neutral about them.

No ... China has lots of other options other than the US ... at the moment we need them more than they need us ... sad but true ... !

no Us cant affoed to do that in a free trade policy

no actually its the other way around..