CHINA

Windows 8, the latest OS from Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT), the No. 1 software company, isn't a barnburner, market researcher NPD Group determined.

SugarSync, the provider of virtual storage in the cloud, introduced a service to allow customers to synchronize data using all versions of smartphones.

Encouraged by stronger economic indicators and outlook, U.S. multinational companies are speeding up their China expansion plans.

Asian shares edged up Friday on hopes of an eventually deal to avoid a U.S. fiscal crisis.

Once-cowed Myanmar villagers have forced a halt to a Chinese-owned mining project after relentless protests, making officials investigate their complaints.

Will consolidating China's many cabinet-level agencies be a realistic solution to streamlining government processes?

A South African court has ruled that the government deliberately delayed a decision to grant the Dalai Lama a visa to attend the Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s 80th birthday celebrations in 2011.

As China's infrastructure continues to develop, some homeowners refuse to make way for developers because of inadequate compensation.

Both the U.S. and Israel suspect Tehran is building nuclear bombs at its nuclear development facilities.

Chinese regulators have approved the iPhone 5 for a "network access license" in the country, meaning Apple's carrier partners can begin selling the phone in the China in the very near future.

Before the pivotal UN vote on Palestinian statehood, speakers are scheduled to commemorate the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.

China says other countries should not read too much into the placement of a new map on its passports.

Police in the southern Chinese island province of Hainan will board and search ships that trespass into what China deems its territorial waters in the South China Sea, state media said Thursday.

For more than 3,000 years, traditional Chinese medicine has been an integral part of Chinese culture and the predominant medical treatment for a large part of the population.

Will the addition of a physical test component to China's already grueling "gaokao" college entrance exam cause more harm than good?

A Chinese alcohol producer is being investigated after several cancer-causing agents were found in bottles of their liquor.

Credit Suisse said another big divestment was coming to the Asian insurance market.

The U.S. has said that China cannot be called a currency manipulator despite the fact that the yuan remains undervalued.

China is considering easing of its strict “one-child” family planning policy as the increasingly graying population poses demographic challenges to the most populous country in the world, according to a former member of the National Family Planning Commission.

Chinese social media users are showing just how happy they are that their country now has a functional aircraft carrier.

A new report, "The Learning Curve," ranks Finland the best educational performer on Earth -- and four Asian countries are the runners up.