A medical student at a prestigious university in Shanghai has appealed on Tuesday against the death sentence he received for murdering his roommate with lab poison in April of last year.
Wealthy Chinese feature prominently in the new Hurun Global Rich List, with notable headlines from the annual report including Jack Ma of Alibaba Group and Lei Jun of Xiaomi. This contributed to the fact that technology overtook real estate to be key source of wealth.
Home prices dropped last month in more Chinese cities, more signs of a gradually cooling property sector, official data showed on Monday.
"Wanted: lots of male and female workers," reads a banner hanging outside the Zhejiang Hiye Electronics factory in Shaoxing of east China's Zhejiang Province.
Corporate bankruptcies in South Korea rebounded last month due to seasonal factors, central bank data showed Thursday.
A former U.S. congressman on Wednesday pleaded not guilty in a Zimbabwe court to charges of possessing pornographic materials and over-staying his visa.
Representatives of Vietnam's southern Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City will attend the Singapore Yacht Show 2014 for the first time in April to promote river tourism which is expected to become a major product of this southern economic hub, local media reported Wednesday.
Foreign direct investment into the Chinese mainland rose 16.11 percent year on year in January to reach 10.76 billion U.S. dollars, underlining investor confidence in China's economic outlook.
Singapore's median monthly household income from work rose by 1.6 percent year on year in real terms in 2013, the Department of Statistics said on Tuesday.
As ways to improve growth quality and efficiency, cutting excess industrial capacity and dealing with smog have been highlighted.
The Indian government Monday presented an interim budget -- its last before the country goes to polls in May -- in which indirect taxes on cars, two-wheelers and mobile phones have been slashed in a bid to boost economic growth.
Hong Kong Disneyland reported Monday for the fourth consecutive year of record revenue, attendance, hotel occupancy and guest spending for the 2013 fiscal year.
China's new yuan-denominated lending reached 1.32 trillion yuan (216 billion U.S. dollars) in January, up 246.9 billion yuan year on year, the central bank said Saturday.
China's January exports stunned the market with a 10.6-percent rise, far exceeding market expectation of less than 2 percent.
China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, rose 2.5 percent year on year in January, unchanged from December and slightly above the market consensus of 2.4 percent, official data revealed on Friday.
Greek state health authorities warned of a flu outbreak on Wednesday after recording 18 deaths out of more than 70 patients hospitalized with complications since the start of winter.
Stronger-than-expected growth in China's foreign trade last month has surprised the market and prompted many analysts to look for further hints of underlying economic strength.
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