When it comes to innovation, most people automatically think of the West and in particular the United States, where some top universities have endowments equal to the national debt of some small countries.
Bigger consumer spending will drive economic growth across entire swaths of Southeast Asia this year and next as consumer classes come online in much of the region, the World Bank said in a recently released report.
The Chinese government is trying to convince Zhou Guangxiu that the corn in the congee she wants to feed her son is safe. That may not be easy.
With comedies struggling to get high ratings on TV, some producers are turning to video-streaming sites.
Every few weeks, illustration artist Feng Yuan takes her laptop to Friends cafe in eastern Beijing. The cafe is a replica of Central Perk - the fictitious coffee shop from the American sitcom Friends.
Sitcoms are making a comeback on video-streaming sites, which are now producing their own series.
Foreign direct investment in China recovered in September from a sharp decline a month earlier, easing concerns over weakened external confidence in the Chinese economy.
China will monitor "trade irregularities" more closely after the surprisingly strong trade activity in September. Exports of individual products from some regions on the mainland to Hong Kong surged in September and the Ministry of Commerce will monitor and investigate this activity.
The Ebola outbreak in West Africa has raised concerns that it may spread internationally and have a similar economic impact as the SARS epidemic in 2002 and 2003.
Leaders of top United States-based companies have urged President Barack Obama to make the China-US Bilateral Investment Treaty a top priority when he meets with President Xi Jinping next month.
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