China
UnionPay says ASEAN QR acceptance network now covers over 38M merchants
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 opens first factory in China’s Changzhou
US battery startup EnerVenue has opened its first manufacturing plant in Changzhou, China, after dropping an earlier plan for a Kentucky factory.
DeepSeek set to brief UN Security Council as AI risks move onto international security agenda
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek is expected to brief the UN Security Council this week as diplomats discuss artificial intelligence and international security.
Alibaba targets 20GW global data center capacity by 2032, maps next Qwen and AI chip roadmap
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.
OpenAI urges U.S. to lead global technical standards for frontier AI, including self improvement
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.
China’s CXMT says fifth-generation DRAM platform enters mass production
China’s CXMT says its fifth-generation DRAM platform has entered mass production, with new 24-gigabit LPDDR5X chips and higher output per wafer.
RoboTechnik seeks up to $660M in Hong Kong share sale
China’s RoboTechnik Intelligent Technology is seeking up to about HK$5.18 billion ($660 million) in a Hong Kong share sale, with trading expected September 29.
China’s AI build-out will first enrich a handful of cities – S&P
China’s push to develop artificial intelligence (AI) is expected to benefit regions best equipped to support AI infrastructure and related services, while other parts of the country may have to wait for wider economic spillovers, S&P Global Ratings said on Thursday.
Huawei unveils million-processor architecture as it accelerates AI chip roadmap
Huawei has unveiled its Peerium architecture for linking up to one million processors while accelerating its next-generation Ascend AI chip roadmap.
China’s Apex Intelligence raises nearly $50M for self-evolving AI models
Beijing-based Apex Intelligence has raised nearly $50 million across angel rounds to develop self-evolving foundation models for scientific research.
