Foxconn founder Terry Kuo has said that in the future, there will be only G2 (the US and China), not G20 in the world. The ideological battle will probably force all manufacturers to take sides or lay out more diversified production ecosystems, and the labor force and potential markets in ASEAN and South Asia will become the best choice for industry players. To avoid becoming casualties in the conflict between the two superpowers, the best strategy is to create a third battlefield that the G2 needs. The current industry structure does have the opportunity to allow Japanese, South Korean and Taiwanese manufacturers to find more space in emerging markets.

PMOLED panel maker RiTdisplay expects its sales performance to continue improving from the second quarter and onward, driven by its deepened deployments in the three areas – PMOLED panels, small-power batteries and energy-saving devices.

The Indian carmaker Tata Motors is actively considering entry into foreign markets with a portfolio of EVs. Speaking to DIGITIMES Asia recently, Vivek Srivatsa, head of Marketing, Sales, and Service Strategy at Tata Passenger Electric Mobility, a subsidiary of Tata Motors, also revealed that the company has already identified a few regions.