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The Nationalists, also known as the Kuomintang (KMT) in Chinese, drafted in Eric Chu as its presidential candidate at an extraordinary party congress, while at the same time revoking its previous pick.

While maintaining its territorial claims, China said Saturday it doesn't want "unexpected conflicts" in the disputed South China Sea.

General Motors is recalling 3,300 vehicles to fix faulty ignition switches that can shut down engines and disable power steering, power brakes and even air bags.

"The United States is deeply concerned about Iran's recent ballistic missile launch," the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power, said in a statement.

President Barack Obama said Friday he wanted to see China's "peaceful rise."

One Federal Reserve official said this week he did not "expect that it would be appropriate" to raise interest rates in 2015. He's got company.

The Philippines and Vietnam remain vulnerable to Chinese cyberattacks, as the smaller nations challenge China's claims in the South China Sea.

As of mid-August, China has 596 billionaires — up 242 on 2014 — and above the U.S. figure of 537, according to the annual China Rich List.

The packaged food giant cut its 2015 outlook to around 4.5 percent, below its long-term model calling for 5 to 6 percent growth.

The Swedish automaker has a fully electric SUV planned for 2019 as it sees vehicle electrification taking off soon after.

“The aim of this delegation’s visit is to further promote friendship, deepen cooperation and exchange views," a senior Chinese military official said after meeting with Iran's defense minister Thursday.

Ukraine won a nonpermanent U.N. Security Council seat Thursday, setting up future shouting matches and possible calls for veto reform.

Angola, the second-biggest crude producer in Africa, has borrowed $6 billion from Chinese sources, despite China's financial troubles and a global oil glut.

"Make no mistake, the United States will fly, sail and operate wherever international law allows."

Sales of Burberry trench coats and Louis Vuitton handbags have been hit by the economic slowdown in China, with sales down from last year.

Boeing predicts that in the coming decades China will overtake the U.S. as the world's largest market for travel.

The 47 teeth, discovered in a cave in southern China, suggest that modern humans arrived in Asia much earlier than previously believed.

The failure of the Galaxy S6 range to meet expected sales levels will lead to a smartphone shipment decline for the South Korean giant for the first time in 2015.

The Taiwanese chip maker, which has already closed down its solar panels unit, is suffering from the effects of the slowdown in China, the world's biggest smartphone market.

Weak U.S. economic data released Wednesday are seen to have reduced the chances of an imminent rate hike by the Federal Reserve.

The facility is one of the "numerous missile bases" scattered across the country, Brig. Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh reportedly said.