CHINA

With its defense budget, China is making a statement. And how do India, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, Taiwan and the Philippines compare?

China has officially been dethroned as the global investment hot spot.

China's government quietly released its own search engine, which has a familiar-looking logo.

Asia Pacific is the only region that saw an increase in defense budgets between 2009 and 2014, while the world’s total saw annual declines.

Here's what you need to know about the state of the Chinese economy and the annual National People's Congress.

The former U.S. embassy in Tehran is a bizarre, must-see tourist site and a focal point for enduring anti-American sentiment.

Daohugou Biota, a newly identified dinosaur fauna, may shed light on the evolutionary history of vertebrates.

Thailand's billion-dollar seafood export industry charged with relying on slavery and human trafficking.

The CD-80 model is priced at 11,000 Taka (about $142), which costs less than an imported motorcycle

European countries are opening their doors to wealthy Chinese, as Canada says no. What's the impact of the capital flow?

To keep up growth, Chinese makers are forced to venture out of the domestic market.

Rising stock markets in 2013 swelled the ranks of the world’s billionaires, which included a record number of women.

China's gun laws do not allow security guards to carry weapons. After the Kunming attack, should train station security be armed?

There's a new "competition wave" ahead for Apple, but the company aims to be ready for it.

In an op-editorial column for the Russian magazine snob.ru, Kravchuk said that Russian President Vladimir Putin had gone too far.

Rolls-Royce has forecast a fall in profits, after a decade of growth, as the U.S. and Europe cut back on defense spending.

Last week, the party sacked Vice Police Chief Li Dongsheng over charges of corruption and for having close relations with his former boss.

Hurt by a fall in output and new business, companies cut their staffing levels at the fastest pace in nearly five years.

The brutal attack that has left 33 dead and 130 more wounded is said to be the work of separatists from an autonomous region in northwest China.

Archaeologists have unearthed what they believe to be the world’s oldest cheese buried beneath China's Taklamakan Desert some 3,600 years ago. The ancient cheese was attached to the bodies of Bronze Age mummies.

China's largest state-owned grain trader is buying a 51-percent stake in Nidera NV.