China

Nestle pulls Maggi noodles off Indian shelves as food scare spreads

Nestle SA(NESN.VX), battling a reputation crisis in India, pulled its Maggi instant noodles from sto...

Jun 05, 2015 09:15 AM EDT

China regulator says amending rules on margin trading, short selling

China is currently amending rules on margin trading and short selling and will publish them when "ti...

Jun 05, 2015 09:07 AM EDT

China in focus as cyber attack hits millions of U.S. federal workers

Hackers broke into U.S. government computers, possibly compromising the personal data of 4 million c...

Jun 05, 2015 08:49 AM EDT

Vietnam eyes Western warplanes, patrol aircraft to counter China

Vietnam is in talks with European and U.S. contractors to buy fighter jets, maritime patrol planes a...

Jun 05, 2015 08:39 AM EDT

Hong Kong 'Umbrella' protests add poignancy to Tiananmen vigil

Tens of thousands are due to attend a candlelight vigil in Hong Kong on Thursday to mark China's 198...

Jun 04, 2015 09:23 AM EDT

Tracing the path of South Korea's MERS 'patient zero'

Eight days after returning from a trip to the Middle East, a 68-year-old South Korean man developed ...

Jun 04, 2015 09:08 AM EDT

Hundreds missing, many elderly tourists, after ship capsizes on China's Yangtze

Rescuers fought bad weather on Tuesday as they searched for more than 400 people, many of them elder...

Jun 02, 2015 08:51 AM EDT

China capital to roll out tough anti-smoking laws

Beijing will ban smoking in restaurants, offices and on public transport from Monday, part of unprec...

Jun 01, 2015 09:09 AM EDT

South Korea fights to contain MERS outbreak, considers tough measures

South Korea struggled to contain an outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) on Monday as...

Jun 01, 2015 09:05 AM EDT

U.S. to bring Japan under its cyber defense umbrella

The United States will extend its cyber defense umbrella over Japan, helping its Asian ally cope wit...

May 31, 2015 06:08 AM EDT

Six powers agree way to restore U.N. sanctions in push for Iran deal - sources

Six world powers have agreed on a way to restore U.N. sanctions on Iran if the country breaks the te...

May 31, 2015 05:10 AM EDT

China says South China Sea air defense zone depends on security

China will take a decision on establishing an air defense identification zone around disputed waters...

May 31, 2015 05:07 AM EDT

U.S. says China has placed mobile artillery on reclaimed island

The United States said on Friday that China had placed mobile artillery weapons systems on a reclaim...

May 30, 2015 05:57 AM EDT

U.S. tried Stuxnet-style campaign against North Korea but failed - sources

The United States tried to deploy a version of the Stuxnet computer virus to attack North Korea's nu...

May 29, 2015 06:52 PM EDT

Civilians emerge as pawns in South China Sea legal chess game

On tiny specks in the disputed Spratly archipelago of the South China Sea, Vietnamese and Filipino c...

May 29, 2015 08:26 AM EDT

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