Rising manufacturing costs and weak external demand for China-made goods have dented the profits of industrial hubs in southeast China.

Industrial output in Guangdong surged 20.9 percent...

China has set up a common online auction platform to sell assets seized in lawsuits in the country.

Bidding statistics and results will be published on the website to ensure a fair process, Xinhua...

The U.S. trade deficit got nearly 4 percent worse in December as a reviving economy boosted demand for imported goods.

Both imports and exports hit record highs, but imports grew even more than the...

Angelo Matthew's valiant 50 went in vain as Australia scored a five-run victory over Sri Lanka in the third match of the ODI tri-series here Friday.

Sri Lanka looked down and out at 147 for seven...

The Chinese government will soon launch a nationwide crackdown on illegal possession of guns and explosives following a recent spate of armed robberies.

The government "will concentrate on tackling...

A villager in China has been charged with poaching and skinning a giant panda 17 years ago.

Zhang Chengwa, from Yangxian county in northwestern Shaanxi province, was charged with hunting protected...

The Chinese Communist Party chief in Tibet has sacked four officials for "endangering stability" in the region.

According to the Tibet Daily newspaper, they were sacked for leaving their posts in...

Eggs that have hard yolks and can bounce like rubber after being boiled have appeared on the market in several regions across China, leading a food safety watchdog in Shanghai to launch a probe,...

Canada has said it will allow the sale of uranium to China for use in nuclear energy generation, clearing the way for Canadian producers to compete with China's current suppliers in Kazakhstan,...

China is probing a chemical spill from a South Korean cargo ship that partially contaminated the drinking water source of a city in eastern part of the country.

The spill caused tap water in some...

Australia defeated Sri Lanka on Friday in the fourth Commonwealth Bank one-day international played that WACA ground here by just five runs.

Set a target of 232 to win the match, the Lankans managed...

The International Dairy Queen (IDQ), part of American business mogul Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway conglomerate, plans to open 1,000 ice cream stores in China, a media report said Friday.

"By...

Reigning Olympic champion and world record holder Dayron Robles will go head-to-head with reigning world indoor champion Liu Xiang of China in a blockbuster 60-metre hurdles race at the Aviva Grand...

Sri Lanka in their tri-series one-day international at the Waca Ground on Friday. He had an impact with both bat and ball as Australia won by five runs to remain unbeaten after two outings in the...

Taipei, Feb. 10 (CNA) Exporters of certain beverages and food items in Taiwan will no longer be required by Singapore from March 1 to provide official certification that their products are...

It’s the biggest political scandal to hit China in years, and Prime Minister Stephen Harper is about to land in the middle of it.Bo Xilai, the charismatic and controversial Communist Party boss...

Tibetans offer prayers near mock coffins to represent self-immolated monks with candles forming 'Save Tibet' during a rally in Siliguri on February 8. (Diptendu Dutta/AFP/Getty Images) ...

Asia-Pacific nations at a United Nations meeting in Bangkok have agreed to boost cooperation and to develop regional accountability mechanisms and financing modalities to accelerate progress towards...

China will host a new round of cycling's WorldTour series, the Tour of Hangzhou, at the end of the season, world governing body UCI announced on...

Official figures show that the US trade deficit widened by slightly more than expected in December, as the deficit with China last year soared to a record high $295.5 billion. The monthly trade gap...

OMAHA, Neb. -- Dairy Queen has opened its 500th store in China after a year of aggressive expansion there.CEO John Gainor says China offers a tremendous opportunity to Dairy Queen because it has one...

TRADING DOWN: China's trade data in January showed the biggest drop since 2008. Exports fell 0.5 percent from a year earlier to $149.9 billion. Imports were down 15 percent at $122.7 billion....

WICHITA - Union Pacific said today that it plans to hire thousands more workers and invest several billion dollars this year, which marks the railroad’s 150th anniversary. The Omaha-based company...

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao told a government-installed Tibetan cleric Friday to uphold national unity in a meeting amid recurring anti-government unrest in Tibetan communities.</p><p>The...

MBCTV, Broadcaster (IFJ/IFEX) - February 9, 2012 - The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins UNI Global Union, and the unions of broadcasters MBCTV, KBSTV and YTN, in expressing its...

A report released Friday by the National Institute for Defense Studies, said China is strengthening its military power to ensure its ability to stand up to the US for regional resource...

Straight sets wins for Lleyton Hewitt and Bernard Tomic on Friday gave Australia a 2-0 lead over China in their best-of-five Davis Cup tie.Veteran two-time Grand Slam winner Hewitt beat China's...

The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Friday rejected accusations of selling arms to Syria as "baseless" while a Syrian opposition delegation left Beijing after holding talks with...

A UN special envoy arrived Friday for talks with the new administration in the Maldives, as former president Mohamed Nasheed demanded fresh elections after being ousted in what he called a coup...

Assistant foreign minister Ma Zhaoxu will visit Iran on Sunday and Monday to exchange views on the issue, ministry spokesman Liu Weimin told reporters. "Dialogue and cooperation is the only...

China’s Vice-President Xi Jinping is heading to Washington on Monday and U.S. multinationals are hoping his visit serves to ease the anti-China narrative coming from President Barack Obama and...

Image via WikipediaJust as the U.S. capital markets did in the 1980s, China's capital markets are developing, providing Chinese companies with an increasingly wider variety of financing options....

Barclays Capital released its China Country Snapshot on Friday and it shows quarter-over-quarter growth steadily rising in 2012. So much for a hard landing. China will likely report first quarter...

Mitchell James and his brother Bradley say they felt confident and excited upon embarking on their adventure. Nine-year-old Wesley says he'd like to sail again even after enduring the harrowing...

IDG News Service - Japan's largest mobile operator is prepping an elaborate testing center, with hundreds of handsets monitored by streaming web cameras, to help software developers debug their...

HYOGO, Japan — Ivo Karlovic beat Kei Nishikori 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 Friday to give Croatia a split against Japan in the first round of the Davis Cup. Karlovic overpowered Nishikori with 18 aces in...

BEIJING -- China's trade activity fell in January from a year earlier, data showed Friday, as a domestic slowdown, overseas turmoil and factory closures during the Lunar New Year holiday hit...

TAIPEI -- Taiwan share prices faced a mild pullback on technical factors yesterday after recent significant gains, as concerns over the debt crisis in Greece returned to haunt market sentiment,...

SYDNEY -- Australia's central bank Friday trimmed its growth and inflation forecasts for the year to June and signaled it has leeway to cut interest rates amid uncertainty over Europe's...

TAIPEI -- Taiwan's first-ever souvenir show is scheduled to open in late April in an attempt to boost tourism and related industries, the organizers said...

SHANGHAI -- General Motors Co. has won approval from environmental authorities in central China for a new US$1.1 billion assembly plant, though the company says it has not yet decided on the...

Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper urged his Chinese counterpart to approve proposed investments by Manulife Financial Corp. and Bank of Nova Scotia as part of a broader...

Feb. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Japanese Finance Minister Jun Azumi distanced himself from his comments to lawmakers that indicated a level that triggered intervention in the yen in...

Feb. 10 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. makers of wind towers such as Broadwind Energy Inc. are being harmed by cheaper imports from China and Vietnam, a trade panel ruled in the first step toward imposing...