CHINA

Activity in Chinese manufacturing sped up recently, according to the National Bureau of Statistics of China.

Some analysts expect growth while others predict continued contraction in China’s factory activity in the HSBC-Markit PMI for August.

Global PC shipments to fall by 9.7 percent in 2013, further deepening what is already the longest market contraction on record, IDC said.

Despite China’s new trademark law, companies still need to plan well ahead before entering the mainland market.

Norway’s oil-based sovereign wealth fund is worth nearly $750 billion, so how does it compare with similar funds in other countries?

The Serbian star continues to roll in the 2013 U.S. Open.

Manny Pacquiao could fight Juan Manuel Marquez in 2014 if both boxers with their next bouts.

One luxury pedestrian street in China takes fakes to a new level.

There's a grim outlook for China's banking industry on slower profit growth, narrower interest-rate margins and rising bad loans.

Rumors suggest the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 will come in a variant featuring an LCD display and an 8-megapixel camera.

The U.S. Open Tennis Championships at Flushing Meadows generates hundreds of millions for the New York economy.

Amid signs of a strengthening U.S. economy, investors have one eye on the Fed, and the other on Syria.

Astronomers explain why the material around giant black holes is extraordinarily hard to see in X-rays.

North Korea laid out a predictably bombastic plan this week to lure tourists as a source of much-needed foreign revenue.

Indian banks are expecting a crisis in the coming year as the rupee continues to lose value against the dollar.

One-in-six working people in Vietnam are employed in the regime’s massive state security force network

Hugo Barra, VP of Android for Google, is leaving the company for Chinese manufacturer Xioami Global. Google has not announced a replacement, leading to speculation that the move was related to an inter-office romance involving company founder Sergey Brin.

The economy of the tiny sultanate is doing wonderfully, unlike its larger neighbors in the region.

Once the world's top rice exporter, Myanmar is eager to get its throne back, perhaps too eager.

UK and Germany play down the prospect of a U.S.-led strike while several other nations tactically avoid calls for action.

American cities are nowhere to be found at the top of the 2013 list of the most livable cities in the world.