China-ASEAN Expo opens, featuring AI marketplace

中国-东盟博览会开幕,展示人工智能市场

The Beijing Hour

2026-09-17

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The 23rd China-ASEAN Expo is underway in Nanning, featuring an artificial intelligence marketplace boasting over 500 consumer AI products, alongside the first ever ASEAN demand zone (01:10). Fighting intensifies in Yemen, with Saudi airstrikes targeting three provinces and Houthi forces downing a Saudi jet (19:49). The US Federal Reserve has raised its target federal funds rate by 25 basis points to 3.75 to 4 percent, its first rate hike since July 2023 (37:23).
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  • Fighting in Yemen's intensified with Saudi airstrikes across three provinces and Houthi forces downing a Saudi jet.

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  • Fed has raised interest rates by 25 basis points as inflation persists.

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  • The 23rd China ASEAN Expo is underway in Nanning, featuring an artificial intelligence

  • marketplace boasting over 500 consumer AI products alongside the first-ever ASEAN Demand Zone.