China

Swatch Group posts 26% increase in net income due to higher sales and better margins.

Markets edge lower despite positive China service sector figures.

China's ongoing economic recovery backed by services sector.

Improving US labour market conditions and more robust China growth indicators boost investors' risk appetite.

Scotland Yard is on the case to find the stolen skeleton of a 70-million-year-old dinosaur, believed to be in Britain.

Google chief Eric Schmidt claims that the Chinese are stealing commercially and politically valuable information from foreign rivals.

Hackers gain access to user names, passwords and email addresses.

Asian stocks advanced this week with the Japanese market climbing on weak yen amid stimulus optimism.

Peng Xiuhua, aged 101, rose from the dead just before she was put into her coffin and her funeral turned into a party.

Scientists have mapped pigeon DNA 150 years after Darwin was first fascinated by them.

Action movie star Jackie Chan appointed to the national committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in Beijing.

Improving manufacturing and employment data help keep US, UK benchmark indices at multi-year highs

Iconic cab maker bought out of administration by China's Geely Automobile for a debt-free £11m.

Following the revelation that the New York Times was infiltrated by Chinese hackers, the Wall Street Journal has also revealed it has been targeted by hackers affiliated with the Chinese government.

Truck carrying fireworks for Chinese New Year explodes on Yichang Bridge and sends vehicles plummeting 30 metres.

Markets open mixed as Chinese manufacturing figures disappoint ahead of US non-farm payroll data.

Economists widely in support of China's ongoing economic recovery despite decline in official January manufacturing PMI.

Asian markets turn cautious as official Purchasing Managers Index indicates slowdown in the manufacturing sector.

Chinese hackers infiltrate New York Times’ internal networks to steal passwords of reporters and other employees.

Galaxy Note 2 N7105 users can now update their device to the latest Android 4.1.2 XXDMA6 official firmware.

Android 4.1.2 XXDMA5 Jelly Bean official firmware released for Samsung Galaxy Note 2 LTE N7105.

The Bank of Japan official says the lender can step up easing measures in required to help economic recovery.

Soaring levels of air pollution prompt entrepreneur to sell 'Pristine Tibet' air in a can.

Galaxy Note 2 N7100 users can now rejoice over the release of latest official Jelly Bean firmware - Android 4.1.2 XXDMA5 - from Samsung

Company bosses accused of negligence after seven people die in Dhaka textile factory fire.

Lenovo has bucked a downturn in the global PC market by reporting record sales and taking almost 16% market share

The US politicians and lobby groups have criticised the deal due to the company's strategic importance.

UN and Arab League special envoy Lakdhar Brahimi addresses a closed meeting of UN Security Council officials.

South Korea's industrial output slightly expands in December as higher domestic demand offset decline in exports.

Positive US quarterly performance and indicators cheer markets, but traders remain cautious ahead of the Fed's policy meet.