CHINA

A new report reveals that illegal fishing operations that bring catches from West Africa to Europe are pervasive and sophisticated.

The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2012 was awarded to Chinese author Mo Yan, who in his dozens of stories and novels uses magic realism to merge folk tales, China’s history and the contemporary, the Swedish Academy announced Thursday.

Australia is losing jobs to other countries, and the reason may be surprising: China isn't growing as fast as it used to.

Forced evictions, often involving violence and harassment, are on the rise in China as local authorities seek to offset the huge debts by seizing and then selling off land to real estate developers, Amnesty International said Thursday.

Asian stock markets declined Thursday as weak machine orders data from Japan and the Spanish debt downgrade by Standard & Poor’s weighed on the sentiment.

Japan’s core machinery orders fell in August compared to that in the previous month showing that there is an urgent need to take additional measures for enhancing the growth potential of the economy.

Asian shares tracked Wall Street lower Thursday as weak forecasts from U.S. corporate bellwethers underscored concern over global demand.

Tracy McGrady signed a contract to play basketball in China

Alcoa (NYSE: AA) CEO Klaus Kleinfeld sees big China declines in manufacturing.

After a paper printed a satellite photo of a top-secret base from the new iPhone app, the government asked Apple to blur the images.

Toyota announced on Wednesday that it would recall 7.4 million vehicles, in the largest single recall in 16 years.

The U.S. stock index futures point to a flat open Wednesday as investor sentiment continues to be weighed down by concerns of debt crisis in the euro zone and weakening growth in China affecting the global economy.

India is considered to be one of the next major markets for Apple and if the latest buzz is to be believed, the company is all set to launch the new iPhone 5 in the country on Oct. 26.

Asian markets fell Wednesday as investor sentiment was weighed down by the concerns that China’s economic slowdown would impair the growth of the global economy.

The East West Players are holding a forum on Asian-American visibility in theater at the David Henry Hwang Theater in Los Angeles.

Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) opened the earnings season Tuesday by posting a $143 million loss and cutting its outlook for global aluminum demand.

U.S. treasury secretary Timothy Geithner lauded India's moves to keep opening its markets to outside investors and retailers on a visit to New Delhi.

Obama channeled Seinfeld's George Costanza by making a delayed comeback to Mitt Romney's remarks in their first presidential debate, some critics charge.

China expects 10,000 miles of track to link 24 cities by 2020, and the high-speed “ice train” may be its most ambitious plan to date.

Japanese car sales plunged in China in September, and the slump threatens to stall their momentum in the No. 1 auto market.

The North Korean government has claimed to have deployed rockets that can strike targets 6,000 miles away in the continental U.S.