CHINA

Asian buyers are responding to the recent big drop in gold prices by purchasing as much as they can get.

South Korea summoned Japan’s ambassador in Seoul to register protest against Japanese PM Shinzo Abe’s remarks.

Three Tibetans in various regions in Sichuan province’s Ngaba, Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) committed self-immolation on Wednesday.

The younger Kim is enrolled at the United World College, or UWC, in Mostar, Bosnia, where he lives.

Leading economies reported poor numbers in the same week, and economists say we could feel the impact throughout the year.

The son of a Chinese government official tried to bribe his British professors. It went spectacularly wrong from there.

Yahoo Japan Corp. pitches in SoftBank Capital's efforts to expand venture capital efforts that attract U.S. investment.

The venerable British literary magazine Granta has boldly expanded into China. But don't expect stuffy old English style for the newest addition.

One groom says his decision to get married was like a business negotiation on what he could offer a prospective bride.

Despite media reports, China's Huawei Technologies is not withdrawing from the U.S. market.

The Chinese have left a footprint all over Africa -- with mixed results and reactions from the African people themselves.

The company owned by Google is leaving only 200 people in its Beijing office.

The Bangladesh building collapse is the latest of many industrial accidents -- an endemic problem about which the government is doing nothing.

A clash of ethnicities in a far-west Chinese region has left 21 dead, the most since July 2009, when 200 people died.

Australia will hold 5 percent of its foreign reserves in yuan, becoming the third country to establish direct currency trade with China.

The damage from the recent sell-off in silver prices will not likely be repaired this year.

China will build a second, larger aircraft carrier capable of carrying more fighter jets, the official Xinhua news service reported on Tuesday, as part of Beijing’s efforts to build up military hardware.

"It's been four days, four days. I haven't seen any government official bother to ask us how we have been coping," a Sichuan villager says.

Someone with a surname Liu reportedly paid $6.5 million for a Bugatti sports coupe at the Shanghai auto show.

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang was photographed eating pickles; the following day, the pickle-maker's stock sky-rocketed.

Volunteers may not be praised or even wanted in China in the aftermath of the latest earthquake to hit Sichuan province.