Half-naked models, dressed as Spartan warriors similar to the action-fantasy film "300" are subdued by Beijing police while taking part in a marketing stunt,

A court in northern Myanmar sentences 153 Chinese nationals to life in prison for illegal logging.

After gaining independence from Britain in 1947, India was something of a poster child for the virtues of democracy – in stark contrast with China, which became a Communist dictatorship in 1949.

Chief chef and co-founder of Benlai Cookhouse, a restaurant affiliated to China's leading online shopping platform for fresh food and ingredients, Guo says he has an advantage over running a conventional restaurant.

The Asian Development Bank trims its growth forecasts for China and developing Asia this year and next owing to weakness the world's number two economy.

To help with the problem of keeping a smile on your face while working, a Chinese service company has implemented a "No-Face Day," where employees can wear a mask to relieve them from the stress of faking facial expressions.

Powerful typhoon Chan-hom has made landfall along the coast of China's eastern Zhejiang province.

Twelve people die after a shoe factory collapsed in eastern China with more than 40 escaping on their own or being rescued.

The World Bank has removed a sharply critical portion from a recently released report on China's economy that called for reform of its financial system, saying the section had not been adequately reviewed and that its wording was inappropriate.

Advancing technology and innovations make the back breaking work of rice planting look like a breeze.

Road Transport and Bridges Ministry inks a deal with a Chinese firm for the construction of a two-lane tunnel under the Karnaphuli River in Chittagong.

China hosts the signing ceremony of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), a new international financial institution set to rival the World Bank and Asian Development Bank.

International donors led by India and China pledges $3 billion to rebuild quake-devastated Nepal as the country's premier vowed "zero tolerance" of corruption and said all aid would go to victims.

A Koi takes a walk just when the rain stopped in Uttara Sector 13 Lakeside Park of Dhaka this morning.

President Barack Obama has raised continuing US concerns over China's cyber activities, as two days of talks between the two nations came to an end.

A US media report says at least 18 people die in the Chinese region of Xinjiang during a clash at a police checkpoint.

Almost half a billion dollars worth of smuggled frozen meat -- some of it rotting and more than 40 years old -- has been seized in China, reports say.

Hong Kong lawmakers yesterday rejected a Beijing-backed electoral reform package derided as "fake democracy" during mass protests last year, leaving the city in deadlock

Legislators in Hong Kong rejects a controversial Beijing-backed election reform package that sparked mass protests last year.

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