China

CBAK Energy has signed an investment agreement for a planned 12 GWh battery project in Nanjing that can produce sodium-ion or lithium-ion cells.

Alibaba has expanded its AI hardware lineup with Qwen Book, new Qwen Glasses, AI earbuds and a portable note-taking device designed to turn voice, visual and workplace context into agentic actions.

A faster and more aggressive shift towards net-zero emissions could increase corporate credit risks across ASEAN+3 economies, particularly in energy-intensive sectors, while a more gradual climate transition may give companies greater time to adjust their operations and financial positions, according to the ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO)…

Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Fudan University have established a joint AI healthcare laboratory, with Suanova providing computing infrastructure and related technical support.

Alibaba Cloud plans first cloud regions in Türkiye, Finland, and the Netherlands, while expanding data-center capacity in Malaysia, Hong Kong, Germany, France, and the UAE.

UnionPay says its acceptance network now spans all ten ASEAN countries and more than 38 million QR merchants as it expands cross-border payment links across the region.

US battery startup EnerVenue has opened its first manufacturing plant in Changzhou, China, after dropping an earlier plan for a Kentucky factory.

Chinese AI startup DeepSeek is expected to brief the UN Security Council this week as diplomats discuss artificial intelligence and international security.

Alibaba says it aims to operate more than 20GW of global data center capacity by 2032 as it expands its full-stack AI roadmap across Qwen models, proprietary processors, cloud infrastructure and agent platforms.

The United States-based OpenAI has called for the United States to lead an international effort to set shared technical standards for the most advanced AI systems, including for so-called recursive self-improvement.