CHINA

China's top-ranking businesspeople and officials are paid a fraction of their American counterparts, but that doesn't mean they're poor.

Apple's Chinese manufacturer is in hot water again about working conditions at its factories.

In Seoul, South Korea’s largest city, prostitution is widespread and peculiarly civilized.

Turkey, annoyed with its 54-year-long wait for acceptance into the European Union, has signed up to partner with the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, or SCO. Otherwise known as a gang of dictator states.Despite the abounding questions regarding this "perspective," and while Turkey may not be a "slave," one thing is certain: It has found itself with some interesting bedfellows -- the authoritarian regimes that comprise the SCO -- Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.

The International Monetary Fund warned that Asian policymakers should monitor growing financial imbalances fueled by cheap credit.

Crude oil prices hovered below $93 a barrel on Monday as economic reports from the U.S. and China weighed on the demand outlook.

The trial of Kenneth Bae, a Korean-American arrested six months ago, started Saturday. He could face the death penalty.

Nokia's was once the market leader in the mobile-phone space, but it hasn't transitioned well to smartphones.

North Korea will begin a trial against a U.S. citizen, who was detained last year after he entered North Korea from China.

Samsung has officially unveiled the Samsung Galaxy S4 Duos I9502, the dual-SIM version of its latest flagship smartphone on Friday in China.

Monetary policies will also be in play, with European Central Bank and U.S. Federal Open Market Committee meetings on the calendar.

When Chinese authorities introduced a lottery for car tags, they did not foresee what it would do to the nation's auto industry.

François-Henri Pinault has promised to return artifacts missing from China, just as France's president visits the country.

Milk formula is so feared by Chinese consumers that people are smuggling in powdered milk from Hong Kong.

The deal is the biggest since a dispute over Europe's proposed carbon dioxide emissions tax was settled, at least temporarily.

The Stockholm-based discount fashion seller has done pretty well in Europe, but it wants a bigger global footprint.

A high school in China puts its female teachers' pregnancies on schedule, but only after they get permission.

One of China's largest and longest-running movie websites, which allegedly offered pirated content, has been shut down.

Hundreds of people are still missing after a garment factory building collapsed in Bangladesh on Wednesday.

Though many high-end hotels in China are only half-full, companies still plan to open more.

Big is in. Just ask the guys who designed these 14 structures, the largest of their kind in the world.