CHINA

The interior decor firm owns 12 outlets totaling 6.89 million square feet.

Asian markets traded mixed Thursday despite Bernanke’s dovish comments as concerns over a lack of stimulus from Beijing hurt Chinese stocks.

Two people died in Beijing, as the nation grapples with another knife attack case.

Record gold imports into China are likely this year, said the global industry association for gold mining companies.

China's online activists attempting to expose Party corruption may be putting their own lives in danger.

Government groups are joining in a campaign to create a "benign Internet environment," which includes blocking porn and violence.

Among China's 1.35 billion people, approximately 591 million are Internet users, 464 million of whom are mobile Internet users.

Cuba and North Korea have a long history of diplomatic relations -- but are they trading weapons behind the UN's back?

A museum in China is being investigated after a visitor suspected several of the artifacts were fake.

Demand will outpace supply in the region, creating a trade opportunity for dairy producers.

A plague is wiping out farm-raised shrimp in their infancy -- and with lesser supply comes greater prices.

Spotify may have ambitious plans for Asia, but it probably should skip China, as the music streaming industry there is already in trouble.

Revised data on population growth shows Africa growing even faster than analysts thought. Nigeria will be more populous than the U.S.

Chinese officials are concerned that a slowdown could put China at risk of rising unemployment and social unrest.

Baidu to buy Chinese app store operator 91 Wireless for $1.9 billion from NetDragon to build a presence in the fast-growing market.

China is planning to expand restrictions on vehicle purchases to eight more cities, but automakers say it won’t affect national sales numbers.

Investors are still trying to gauge whether the U.S. economic recovery is losing momentum or merely entering a short summer lull.

One Chinese city hopes that if people don't do the right thing out of the goodness of their hearts, they'll do it because a law helps them do so.

Apple will start producing its next iPhone version by end of July, and possibly release it around the fourth quarter of this year.

The latest comments coming out of Manchester United have thrown the future of Chelsea target Wayne Rooney into more doubt.

Thai traders are buying rice from Myanmar to resell to the Thai government for a hefty profit.