CHINA

Stephen Chow’s epic “The Mermaid” is bucking a trend of foreign comedies not playing well stateside.

China’s leadership will spend nearly $23 billion to cover layoffs in just the coal and steel sectors in the coming years, according to a report from Reuters.

It’s the Chinese manufacturer’s latest product to be unveiled in the United States, and the first with help from Apple.

A top Fed official says greater threats to U.S. growth are coming from abroad, suggesting global developments could slow the Fed’s march to higher interest rates.

In China, Japan and South Korea, Samsung will sell slightly different versions of its Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge, without its own logo on the front.

Some blamed seasonal effects, such as the Lunar New Year in February. Others cited weak market conditions.

The Swiss mining and trading giant's earnings plunged 32 percent last year to $8.7 billion as global prices for metals and crude oil plummeted.

A court in southern China’s Guangdong convicted 24 members of a group conning over 230,000 people, mostly elderly, from 2002 to 2012.

Amid speculation that the pilot hijacked the plane to protest the conviction of Anwar Ibrahim, a distant relative, Ibrahim’s daughter called the link between the two men coincidental.

Lee Bo appeared on Chinese television late Monday for the first time since his disappearance, saying he sneaked into China illegally.

Singapore, which does not claim any part of the South China Sea, will speak for claimants like the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia and Brunei.

The vote is expected to come during a meeting that begins at 3 p.m. EST Tuesday.

China cut bank reserve requirements for the fifth time in a year, injecting cash into the economy but also raising concerns about bubbles and “zombie” companies.

Beijing just made it easier for Chinese banks to lend money, a step it hopes will juice the economy without encouraging capital flight.

South Korean businesses are seeking government compensation for losses following the closure of a joint North-South Korean industrial complex.

The report, which touches on a a broad range of issues, comes a week after Prime Minister David Cameron set June 23 as the date for voting on the U.K.'s membership in the European Union.

Some Olympic athletes said they will hold off on plans to start a family until after the games had passed.

The latest finding about e-cigarettes leads the city's Council on Smoking and Health to call for a ban.

Japan has offered to provide the Philippines with surveillance aircraft as China reaffirms its military capability in the turbulent South China Sea region.

The move will continue to raise questions about whether China can pull off its shift to an economy oriented toward domestic demand and away from export-led growth.

The recent disappearances of Hong Kong booksellers have prompted fears that mainland Chinese authorities are attempting to curb civil rights in the region.