China

The Xiaomi Redmi 2S will be available for purchase from 9 January.

Restaurants in China are using robot waiters and the use of robots in the country is on the rise

The euro has fallen more than 4% over the past two weeks itself.

China trade and M2 numbers and IP data from Malaysia and Philippines will also be watched next week.

A powerful explosion ripped through Fuhua Machinery Plant in the southern Chinese city of Foshan.

Russian and Brazilian stock indices posted a 4.2% drop in 2014, while that of India and China surged by 40%.

Latest Research Excellence Framework reveals British academics are developing work that's making a real impact.

Funding round of $1.1bn means Chinese phone giant Xiaomi is now worth $45bn and is one of world's most valuable private companies

New mothers advertised their services on websites, with customers charged monthly or weekly fees.

The Great Firewall of China has closed the last remaining loophole for citizens to access Google's Gmail service

Britain overtook France in 2014 after taking into account £10bn additional earnings from drugs and sex.

Underwear thief collected more than 2,000 items from women in Yulin city, Guangxi province.

China will top 500 million smartphone users for the first time by end-2014.

Guangdong police arrest 3,014 alone while authorities in Huizhou City bust online gambling ring.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi makes no mention of North Korean involvement in The Interview hack.

Chinese state media defends ally North Korea, after country is accused of sponsoring cyber attack on Hollywood studio.

FBI says North Korea is responsible for Sony Picture hack and intended to inflict significant harm

Apple CEO Tim Cook says he is 'deeply offended' by BBC allegations of poor working conditions at Chinese iPhone factories

Inner Mongolia Higher People's Court overturns conviction, giving parents $5,000 in sympathy money.

China says spending bill has clauses that discriminate against Chinese companies, violate principles of fair trade and send wrong signal.

A rare tiger released by Russian president Vladimir Putin into the wild was filmed eating a dog after crossing into China.

China's industrial production rate slows while retail sales growth moves off multi-year low.

Urumqi, capital of China's restive western Xinjiang region, outlaws Islamic headgear.

Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi has been banned from selling its smartphones in India after Ericsson was granted an injunction.

Nurse reportedly walked in to discover mother chomping on baby's arm.

Jacob Zuma strikes deals in China while back home South Africans remember Nelson Mandela

Arrest comes after Chinese trader Qingdao United Energy alleged it had lost $32 million in deals

China will coordinate with other countries to clamp down on BEPS plotting and cross-border tax avoidance, according to tax officials.

Australian state considers using hatches to allow parents to abandon newborns 'without fear of prosecution'.

Support for the Occupy Central movement and its offshoots is widely reported to be less than 20 per cent and there is no doubt that the disruption has caused very serious economic damage