CHINA

Signaling China’s intent to take up a more proactive role in international affairs, Beijing mapped out its foreign policy agenda Thursday at the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party.

Asian stock markets declined Friday as concern over the U.S. fiscal cliff and euro zone debt crisis continued to weigh on the sentiment.

China’s industrial production rose in October compared to that in the previous month, indicating an upswing in the manufacturing output.

The rate of inflation in China slowed down in October compared to the same month in the previous year, showing signs of a gradual decline in price pressure to provide scope for monetary easing.

China’s consumer inflation unexpectedly slowed to a 33-month low on slowing food-price gains, the government announced Friday, while producer-price deflation eased in a sign of rebounding industrial demand.

Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers remains in the hunt for a striker in the January transfer window, according to reports.

Many have hailed the re-election of Barack Obama as a boon to the nation’s rebounding travel and tourism industry.

China's Lenovo Group (Pink: LNVGY) reported second-quarter revenue jumped 11 percent and surpassed Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) to become top PC maker.

A report to US Congress warned China is only two years away from deploying nuclear subs.

For the first time in its history, a 'sustainable development' report has appeared in the Chinese Communist Party's official platform.

While the league is enjoying growth in the nation, there are no future plans to hold a game in China.

The Communist Party of China convenes Thursday to select the country's new leaders. Here's the low-down regarding what to expect.

China’s outgoing President Hu Jintao Thursday opened the Communist Party’s congress by cautioning the delegates about the threat posed by corruption.

Six Tibetans in various regions in China committed self-immolation Wednesday, a day before the start of the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in Beijing.

Japan’s current account on a seasonal adjusted basis posted a deficit in September, indicating a continuing decline in the economic condition of the world's third largest economy.

On the eve of China's 18th Communist Party Congress, a survey finds 80 percent of Chinese citizens political reform, as well as continued prosperity.

China has implemented bans and other reforms in an effort to curb the populations' addiction to smoking, but statistics show they are not helping.

China has been fascinating Westerners for a long time, but now they are increasingly doing something that used to be extremely rare: getting college degrees there.

Upcoming October data may offer further evidence that China's economy has bottomed out.

Indian Army troops guarding the Indo-China border have reported sightings of Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) in the Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir. An Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force (ITBP) unit deployed in Thakung, near the Pangong Tso Lake, reported over 100 sightings of luminous objects between Aug. 1 and Oct. 15 this year.