Huawei aims for growth, Malaysia moves into batteries

Hi everyone, this is Lauly, your #techAsia host this week, saying hello from warm and humid Bangkok. I hope you are enjoying the summer so far.I am thrilled to be in the Thai capital this week, not only because I got the chance to meet my colleagues who gathered from across the region for a Nikkei Asia editorial meeting, but also because I finally reunited with my longtime friend who I hadn't seen for more than 10 years.We were very close when we both did a post-graduate program in the U.K., and we remained in touch from time to time when I returned to Taiwan and she to China. But after she joined a very large Chinese tech company, a frequent target of Washington, we drifted apart over the years due to the nature of our jobs and the escalating U.S.-China tech war. She was no longer able to