CHINA

The kidnapping of 7 Sichuan province girls cast a light on a problem government officials were largely ignoring - until social media picked it up.

Bombardier and Boeing are securing big orders as carriers like Delta Air Lines upgrade fleet fuel efficiency.

China's version of Twitter, Weibo, shows that Internet memes can be very local -- and very funny. Here's what the Chinese tweeted about this year.

China has asked Vietnam to stop its unilateral oil exploration in disputed areas in the South China Sea.

The global economy continued to recover in November, helped by a sharp growth in the service industries.

The world's tallest woman, Yao Defen, standing at 7'8", according to Guinness World Records, died in China last month.

Starbucks plans to build 1,500 stores amid booming profits and massive expansion.

China's service activity expanded in November but at a slower pace compared to that in the previous month, according to the HSBC Services Purchasing Managers’ Index released Wednesday.

Tensions are mounting between U.S. and Chinese securities regulators and could mean Chinese companies' shares being delisted from U.S. exchanges.

Celebrating something in Asia? Forget the fluke of bubbly; whip out the tumbler of Scotch instead.

India has relaxed its cumbersome 60-day gap rule, making it easier for foreigners on tourist visas to travel in and out of the country.

Smartphones may be the global rage, but sales of all mobile phones will rise a mere 1.4 percent this year, IDC forecast.

Sharp Corp. (TYO:6753) said Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM) agreed to invest as much as 9.9 billion yen (US $121 million), in it.

Report: the world pumped an estimated 35.6 billion tons of carbon air pollution in 2012; China and the U.S. lead in pollution.

Vietnam is planning to step up its presence in the South China Sea, close on the heels of India asserting its maritime power in the region raising concerns over the rapid modernization of Chinese Navy.

Crude oil prices declined in Asia Tuesday as the weak U.S. manufacturing data weighed on sentiment.

Thailand’s consumer confidence rose in November compared to that in the previous month, indicating an improvement in domestic spending which accounts for the majority of overall economic activity.

India declared itself ready Monday to send naval vessels to the South China Sea to protect its oil-exploration interests there, a potential new escalation of tensions in the emerging resource powder keg.

It may be freezing cold outside, but winter is when festival season truly heats up.

Several restaurants in China are being shut down after officials found that they were serving the meat of protected wild animals.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charged the Chinese affiliates of five big accounting firms with violating securities laws by not turning over work papers from their audits of China-based firms the SEC is investigating.