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The U.S. dollar lurched higher on Tuesday as China allowed its yuan to fall to levels last seen in 2012, a shift that could provide a competitive boost to exports for the world's second-largest economy.

While the zoo does not currently know if Mei Xing, the adult female giant panda, is pregnant, a spike in hormones suggested her reproductive cycle will conclude soon.

A top-rated Chinese swimmer is in hot water after allegedly trying to elbow and kick a female swimmer at the 2015 World Championships

“T.S. 89," Taylor Swift's initials and birth year, could be interpreted as a reference to the 1989's Tiananmen Square massacre in China.

Corporate Amex customers can now pay for purchases using their iPhone 6 and Apple Watch.

China shares several jungle borders with it neighbors.

The steady rise is fueled primarily by population growth in Africa.

Xiaomi has taken a significant step in ramping up supply in its second-largest market. It is now assembling the Redmi 2 Prime In India.

The country's stocks registered their biggest one-day gain in a month on Monday.

Police seized four guns, three pistols and skins of three adult tigers from the suspected tiger poachers.

In three days, Xiaomi will unwrap the latest version of its MIUI smartphone user interface. Will it also unveil the Redmi Note 2?

With childcare and domestic help in the West so expensive — the lure of cheap domestic help in Hong Kong is pushing some expatriates to postpone their return home.

Chinese television anchor Bi Fujian said in a private gathering in April that China had suffered under Mao Zedong.

On the 70th anniversary of the historic nuclear attack, Japanese peace activists called on their government to dial back its proposed military expansion.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Sunday marked the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki by renewing his commitment to a nuclear weapons free Japan, following criticism for not making the same pledge on the anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing last week.

A typhoon battered China's east coast on Sunday, killing eight people and forcing authorities to cancel hundreds of flights and evacuate more than 163,000 people.

Based on the balance between deflation and inflation, China’s authorities appear well-positioned to do even more in the way of economic and market stimulus.

The storm that killed at least five in Taiwan is now moving through southeastern China.

Mongolia has promised to use its vast untapped mineral reserves to develop its tiny, landlocked economy, but flagship projects have been delayed and foreign investment deterred by political disputes and regulatory uncertainties.