China's investigations into foreign companies spread to the auto sector on Tuesday, with German giant Mercedes-Benz saying it is helping authorities after reports that anti-monopoly investigators raided its Shanghai office.
Heavy traffic is continuing to make life difficult for rescue workers struggling to reach the epicenter of Sunday's earthquake in Yunnan province.
Immigration officers in Beijing have intensified inspections of foreigners as an increasing number have started to use China to enter third countries illegally.
Japan's annual white paper on defense has incorporated the latest reinterpretation of its constitution granting the country the right to practice collective self-defense.
Top leaders have told rescuers to race against time to save lives and do their best to resettle survivors following the earthquake in Yunnan province as the death toll from Sunday's disaster rose to nearly 400.
An antitrust regulator warned Microsoft Corp in a strongly worded announcement on Monday not to obstruct an ongoing monopoly investigation.
Guo Meimei, the 23-year-old woman who landed the Red Cross in China in a credibility crisis, has been investigated for being deeply involved with illegal gambling and the sex trade, and for spreading rumors, Xinhua News Agency reported on Monday.
The 6.5-magnitude quake hit at 4:30 pm on Sunday, with the epicenter in Zhaotong city.
Anti-terrorism efforts in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region will take a long time to show results, an expert said on Sunday, nearly a week after the region experienced its most deadly terrorist attack in recent years.
US billionaire and Beijing university combine for philanthropic venture
Pan Shiyi and Zhang Xin, the husband and wife who founded real estate giant SOHO China, gave $15 million to Harvard University in June as part of a $100 million donation to help allow Chinese students from poor backgrounds to attend the world's top universities.
At least 26 people were killed and more than 260 injured on Friday by powerful gas blasts in the southern Taiwan city of Kaohsiung.
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