Defying US, European allies say they'll join China-led bank

Germany, France and Italy said on Tuesday they had agreed to join a new China-led Asian investment bank after close ally Britain defied US pressure to become a founder member of a venture seen in......

India to head BRICS' $100 billion development bank

Leaders of the BRICS emerging market nations launched a $100 billion development bank and a currency reserve pool on Tuesday in their first concrete step toward reshaping the Western-dominated......

China's Baidu defeats US lawsuit over censored search results

Chinese Internet company Baidu Inc won the dismissal of a US lawsuit by pro-democracy activists who complained that Baidu illegally suppressed political speech on China's most widely used Internet......

Chinese media slams Apple; consumers scoff the press

Chinese Internet users are crying foul over the perceived unfair treatment doled out to Apple Inc by state-run media, which has actively criticised the smartphone maker for the past two weeks over......