China

India follows US, Russia and Europe to launch Mars mission.

Market players await interest rate decisions from the BoE and ECB.

ISRO's Mars Orbiter Mission will lift off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota in southeast India at 2:38 p.m local time (4:08 a.m. EST, 0908 GMT).

Erotic parlours in Malaysia are offering a new type of massage, where cream cheese is licked from the client's body.

China Gold Group says country will produce 430 tonnes of gold this year.

Dictator Kim Jong-un visits memorial to sailors killed in mystery naval accident off Wonsan.

Bad loans at Chinese banks may rise by about 70bn yuan ($11.6bn) to 100bn yuan in 2013.

Reports say the company and Briton Mark Reilly, GSK's former head of China operations, will escape charges

BoE and ECB to announce their interest rate decisions this week.

China's politburo will meet on 9-12 November.

Blackstone Group agreed to buy 40% stake in Chinese shopping mall group SCP Co.

Deloitte advises large companies on how to avoid potentially hundreds of millions of dollars of tax.

China official non-manufacturing PMI rose to 56.3 in October from 55.4 in September.

Novak Djokovic will take on David Ferrer in final of Paris Masters.

Two factory executives detained after explosion kills 11 and wounds many more.

A huge appetite for museum construction and excavation work has led to a dinosaur craze in China.

Market players to track China's Communist Party meeting and raft of Japanese data.

Uighur-linked group blamed for car attack in Beijing's symbolic square.

Indonesia summons Australian ambassador, China demands examination over whistleblower's leaks.

Xinhua's warning to Uncle Sam: Peeping Tom will be struck blind.

HSBC manufacturing index rose to 50.9 in October from 50.2 in September.

Beijing asserts right to curb export of essential minerals indispensable for hi-tech industries.

Pupil fell to death in Chengdu classroom after pleading he was scared.

Bordeaux Index, chaired by Icap's CEO Michael Spencer, says there is an element of scaremongering over news of a global supply shortage

Battlefield 4: China Rising DLC to release on 3 December for all three gaming platforms.

Battlefield 4 UK release date, price, exclusive pre-order offers and system requirements out.

EU and China had been in dispute earlier in 2013 over solar panel imports from China.

Bank of Japan's decision to leave its monetary policy unchanged provides respite.

Amateurish image manipulation of Anhui province officials shrinks citizens and turns vice-mayor into giant.

China's elite Politburo to debate reforms on 9-12 November.