February 08, 2021
8 ATF BIG PICTURE: Vietnam's green energy challenge
01 Top Story Monopoly pressure on China tech
02 ATF TV Sino-US relations
03 Biden's trade warning
President warns Beijing that his administration will focus on 'international rules of the road' but adds there is no need for conflict between the two countries
04 Asia Markets
HSI climbs 0.1% to 29,319.47, CSI300 adds 1% to 3,532.45 and the Nikkei 225 advances 2.1% to 29.388.5
05 Eyes on telco delisting
While most observers believe new President Joe Biden is unlikely to change the plan to delist China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom in the short term, others think they may get a reprieve if a trade deal is struck at some point in the future
06 Renesas in Dialog bid
Dialog's client roster includes Apple, Samsung, Xiaomi and Panasonic, making a takeover attractive for potential buyer eager to expand into data centres and consumer devices
07 Tesla China factory opens
Tesla’s Super Charging Pile Factory in Shanghai has been completed; the facility, near its car plant, will have capacity to make 10,000 Superchargers a year; Tesla already has over 730 Supercharger stations in 300 cities across China so many will be exported
08 ATF Big Picture
Vietnam is rapidly expanding use of gas and LNG, plus it could become a regional leader for solar and has a large untapped potential for offshore wind; yet it still plans to boost the number of coal-fired power plants from 32 to a troubling 51 by 2050