CHINA

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.

Party officials gathering in Beijing for the annual NPC session used to spend lavishly. Not this year, when even bottled water is rationed.

The massacre occurred in the Shyamgiri hills of the tribal Bastar region, which is a stronghold for Maoist guerrilla activity.

Knockoffs of red carpet gowns are totally legal, but now in an ironic (or fitting) twist, the copycats are being copycatted.

MtGox officially declared bankruptcy Friday morning, admitting they have no bitcoin, but prices for the cryptocurrency are still up.

A new video game released by China's government newspaper takes aim at the Japanese.

The price tumble from the fall of Mt. Gox has surprisingly benefited China's bitcoin exchanges. Here's why.

Why is aluminum winning the "lightweight" race?

In the first 10 months of 2013, China had rescued 24,000 children from child-trafficking groups.

Traditional insurers want to sell policies online, but some e-commerce giants have beat them to it.

Shanghai adds restrictions to taxi apps during rush hour to even the playing field for passengers and drivers.

With North Korea's main proponent of China trade now executed, Pyongyang has sent a new representative to rally investment.