March 03, 2021
01 Top Story TSMC joins surge of chip makers to US
02 ATF TV GBA promise
Priscilla Dell’Orto, partner at Bain & Co, looks at the ramifications of the Greater Bay Area initiative in southern China
03 Asia Markets
Tokyo's Nikkei 225 rises 0.5% at 29,559.10, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng climbs 2.7% to 29,880.42 and China’s CSI300 jumps 2% to 3,576.90
04 Indian vaccine success
The world’s pharmacy hub is doling out millions of doses of Covid vaccines to friendly and once-estranged countries to spread goodwill and win ties around the world
05 Ant woes compounded
Workers upset that pulled IPO won’t make them their promised billions are being helped with short-term money troubles; Beijing reportedly angry at lack of customer data transfer
06 Oz recovery surprise
Annual output shrinks 1.1%, underscoring havoc wreaked by the coronavirus pandemic and suggesting policy support will still be needed to maintain economic recovery
07 Wuhan chip plan halted
Wuhan Hongxin Semiconductor Manufacturing (HSMC), which had promised to deliver China’s first 7-nanometre (nm) chips, has decided to dismiss all employees as hopes for a resumption of business evaporated
08 ATF Big Picture
Jidu Auto, based in Shanghai, lists its business scope as new energy vehicle and automotive components manufacturing, as well as related technology and sales
