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There will be more limits on vehicle purchase in China as the government has launched toughest ever measures to curb congestion and air pollution, JPMorgan argues in its latest China Auto Drivers report.

Qihoo 360 Offers Portable WiFi Router Qihoo 360 Technology Co , the developer of China's most used antivirus software, is reportedly planning to manufacture an easy-to-use wireless network router known as 360 Pocket WiFi.

Top 3,000 Retailers' Revenue Rises 9% in May Total revenue at China's 3,000 largest retailers and restaurant operators rose 9% year on year in May, down 0.2% from a month earlier and up 1.1% from a year earlier, according to Ministry of Commerce.

June 20 Inditex SA that owns Zara and Massimo Dutti said it plans to open 80 to 100 stores in China this year.

BEIJING - Call me a lecher but don't call me a crook, an ex-city official at the heart of a sex tape scandal has said in his unusually spirited courtroom defense against corruption charges.

Astronauts struck floating martial arts poses, twirled gyroscopes and manipulated wobbling globes of water during a lecture Thursday from China's orbiting space station that's part of efforts to popularize the space program among young people.

A 32-year-old Pennsylvania man with Down syndrome was so severely neglected by his family that his body was covered in scabies and he weighed just 69 pounds when he died, police said in charging his mother and two... A 32-year-old Pennsylvania man with Down syndrome was so severely neglected by his family that his body was covered in scabies and he ... (more)

Courts in China 's far western region of Xinjiang have sentenced 19 ethnic Uighurs to up to six years in jail for promoting racial hatred and religious extremism online, in the latest crackdown on what China sees as violent separatists.

Chinese courts have sentenced 11 people for inciting religious extremism and related crimes in the northwestern Muslim region of Xinjiang, just weeks ahead of the anniversary of bloody ethnic rioting that spread through the region four years ago.

North Korea expressed willingness on Wednesday to rejoin long-stalled nuclear talks, according to its ally China, but the United States, Japan and South Korea called for action instead of words.

The death of a dolphin in China that was photographed with beachgoers handling it shortly beforehand has sparked outrage on the country's social media sites.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, right, speaks with Canada's foreign minister John Baird during their meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Monday, June 17, 2013.

FBI agents plan a third day of digging Wednesday in suburban Detroit for the remains of former Teamsters union leader Jimmy Hoffa, who disappeared 38 years ago.

Chinese property and cinema conglomerate Dalian Wanda Group said Wednesday it is buying British yacht maker Sunseeker and will develop a high-end London hotel, expanding into the luxury market as part of the latest foray abroad by a major Chinese firm.

China has completed a monitoring scheme in restive Tibet that requires all telephone and internet users to register under their real names, state media said on Wednesday, as part of a campaign to crack down on what officials describe as rumors.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday the world body's peacekeeping efforts face growing dangers from non-traditional threats such as suicide bombers and improvised explosive devices.

New research from WealthInsight shows Chongqing was the fastest growing city for multi-millionaires in China between 2007 and 2012.

New Home Prices Rise in Most Cities New home prices rose from a year earlier in 69 of the 70 largest cities in China in May, and new home prices rose in 65 cities if compared with a month earlier, according to the National Bureau of Statistics.

WeChat Joins Forces with McDonald's for In-App Purchase WeChat, a WhatsApp-like social networking app developed by Tencent Holdings Ltd , is trying out retailing with McDonald's Corp's public account.

A FESTIVAL dedicated to dog meat in southern China has been targeted by protesting animal lovers, who have won a minor concession from local officials, an activist says.