Philippine authorities obtain a copy of the Chinese passport of Weikang Xu — a man believed to have received P600 million and $18 million in cash, out of the $81 million stolen from the Bangladesh central bank and then laundered in the country.

A photo shared by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg during his recent trip to China stirs a photoshop battle in the social media.

Chinese authorities have pledged to crack down on the black market sale of vaccines after a case was made public involving nearly $90 million worth of illegal vaccines that are suspected of being sold in dozens of provinces around the country.

A 43-year-old Chinese woman was found dead in an elevator after being trapped in there for a month. She was discovered by the building's maintenance workers.

‘The Mermaid’ by Stephen Chow became the first ever movie to score more than half a billion dollars at the Chinese box office, according to Variety.

China's National People's Congress has set the country's growth target for 2016 in a range of 6.5 percent -7 percent.

South Korean defence ministry claims that North Korea fired several short-range projectiles into the sea.

The US, backed by China, submits a draft resolution to the UN Security Council aimed at imposing tougher sanctions on North Korea.

Sperm have been made in the laboratory and used to father healthy baby mice in a pioneering move that could lead to infertility treatments.

Beijing overtakes New York as the city with the highest number of billionaires for the first time, a new report by China-based firm Hurun says.

A guide dog, whose apparent abduction sparked an outcry in China, has been returned to its handler with an apology note.

The “Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Bill, 2016” is passed in the parliament, paving the way for Bangladesh to join the AIIB as a founding member.

US Secretary of State John Kerry says Washington is seriously concerned about increased Chinese militarisation in the contested South China Sea.

China appears to have deployed surface-to-air missiles on a disputed island in the South China Sea, say reports.

China's foreign ministry urges the United States and North Korea to sit down with each other face-to-face and resolve their problems, as tension continues to climb on the Korean peninsula after North Korea's latest rocket test.

More than 5.5 million people worldwide are dying prematurely every year as a result of air pollution, according to new research.

The clashes in Hong Kong earlier this week may on the surface have been about unlicensed food stalls, but were fuelled by a growing "localist" sentiment.

Asian markets continue their downward trend, with Japan failing more than 7% in two days.

If monetary policy autonomy is a priority, capital account liberalisation should come after a country’s transition to a flexible exchange rate – not before it.

India's economy grew at an average rate of 7.5 percent in 2015, faster than the 6.9 percent growth in China, official figures show.