China's foreign currency reserves plunged by $99.5bn in January, the People's Bank of China reported.

The UN Security Council is to hold an emergency meeting later following North Korea's launch of a long-range rocket.

A Chinese writer has told the BBC he is the co-author of a provocative book about China's leader Xi Jinping, that some believe sparked the disappearance of five Hong Kong booksellers.

Delays meant all other passengers had swapped to an earlier flight, leaving one lucky traveller in China to enjoy the "rockstar" trip for the New Year holiday.

South Korea and Japan echo US warnings that North Korea would pay a heavy price if it pushes ahead with a planned rocket launch just weeks after conducting its fourth nuclear test.

Heavy snow has disrupted public transport in southern China, stranding tens of thousands of people outside a rail station, police say.

Twenty-seven Chinese officials have been penalised for the wrongful execution of a teenager, state news agency Xinhua says.

Ecuador is planning to auction off three million of the country’s 8.1 million hectares of the pristine Amazonian rainforest to Chinese oil companies.

A man in China who enjoyed eating raw beef became infected with a parasite — a 20-foot-long tapeworm —that came from including this food in his diet, a new case report reveals.

Apple raises the specter of the end of a technological era after reporting the slowest growth sales ever of its market-leading, life-changing iPhone and warning it expects worse to come.

The world's "up and coming economies" are struggling to shake off corruption, an anti-graft watchdog warned today, citing massive scandals in Brazil and Malaysia as cause for concern.

Apple's stock value drops to below $100 for the first time since October 2014.

First genetically modified monkeys with autism have been created in China, say scientists.

A Swedish activist who was detained in China on charges of damaging national security has been released and deported.

This year, on August 28th - the 15th day of the 7th month in the lunar calendar - it is Yu Lan festival in Hong Kong, also known as Hungry Ghost Festival

Biman Bangladesh Airlines has planned to expand its wings to China and Maldives apart from resuming its suspended routes to Delhi and Hong Kong in 2016.

Meet Tian Tian, the 264 pound giant panda living in the Smithsonian National Zoological Park who was overcome with glee at the first sight of snow.

Scientists have described a new species of bird in northern India and China, called the Himalayan forest thrush.

A magnitude 6.1 earthquake has jolted central China early on Thursday, the US Geological Survey said.

The International Monetary Fund downgrades its forecast for global economic growth, expecting economic activity to increase 3.4% this year followed by 3.6% in 2017.