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Wang Yu was taken into custody last July and accused the next month of inciting subversion and "causing a disturbance."

European markets took their cues from falling Asian stocks, while Chinese indexes moved into positive territory.

Lotteries funding government projects is a practice that has been employed since ancient civilization.

After a slight reprieve, markets continued their 2016 slide Wednesday, with the Dow Jones industrial Average falling nearly 400 points.

The Obama administration has U.S. states to grapple with as it draws up new sanctions over ballistic missiles and fends off the GOP.

Anxious investors are looking for other places to put their money after sharp falls in share prices, and the flight of funds has Beijing on edge.

Egypt’s housing ministry agreed Monday with one of China’s largest construction companies to build sanitation networks for 260 villages.

GE also said it would stick to its pledge to create 1,000 net new jobs in France as part of its acquisition of Alstom’s energy business.

The Disney theme park in Shanghai is set to open this summer after almost a decade of planning and five years of construction.

The move was linked to the reclusive Asian country’s announcement last week that it had successfully tested a hydrogen bomb.

Better than expected trade data from China, a positive close in the U.S. markets Tuesday and an uptick in oil prices made for positive triggers.

Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying’s address sought to assuage issues such as long working hours and surging housing prices.

The incident came at a time of increased tension between Pyongyang and Seoul after the North claimed it tested a hydrogen bomb last week.

Analysts said the first increase in exports in yuan terms in five months could suggest that the cheaper currency is boosting trade.

The preorders of the newly launched Xiaomi Redmi 3 has started on GearBest with a price tag of $159.

The Joint Agency Coordination Centre said Wednesday that sonar contact was made with an object last month while searching in the southern Indian Ocean for the missing aircraft.

The South Korean president asked for China’s intervention after propaganda leaflets, allegedly sent by North Korea, came across the border.

The president said people who do not believe in climate science will be lonely in his last State of the Union address Tuesday night.

Hong Kong's chief executive came close to reaching an all-time low for a leader of the city in a new poll this week.

Moviegoers in the world’s No. 2 market seemed more captivated by large-format images than by the plot of “The Force Awakens.”

The slowdown in China’s growth has hit oil prices hard from the demand side, but supply issues could still bring more shocks.