From shining skyscrapers to dilapidated shells: 2018's Architectural Photography Awards

The shortlist for the Architectural Photography Awards 2018 has been revealed. The awards are split into four categories: Exterior, Interior, Sense of Place, and Buildings in Use, with each......

China saves a million people as Typhoon Chan-hom makes landfall

Over a million people have been evacuated and hundreds of flights were cancelled as typhoon Chan-Hom made landfall on Saturday in eastern China, bringing severe winds and heavy rainfall to Zhejiang......

Chinese firms aim big in India

If you ask a Haier dealer which country the brand belongs to, don't be taken aback if he replies with authority that it is "Made in Germany". When the Chinese appliances major undertook a dipstick......

Why Nokia is No. 1 in India, China

It wasn't hard for Wang Ninie to decide on a mobile phone. In early March the twenty-something Beijing entrepreneur saw a golden Nokia handset with a flower pattern etched into the trim, one of the......

Check out Asia's hot growth companies

Just a few years ago, Asia was a tough place for small companies. Venture capitalists worldwide were licking their wounds from the dot-com bust and had little appetite for prospecting in Asia.The......

Asia's biggest mall operator

When Wal-Mart Stores Inc opened its latest Chinese outlet in the city of Chongqing in June, local residents began lining up outside before dawn, then flooded into the store and an adjoining mall......

SEE: Asian Games opens with futuristic ceremony

Photograph: Screengrab of Indian contingent at the Asian Games Blending elements of artificial intelligence and environmentally friendly technology, the Hangzhou Asian Games began......

Asian Games: Chopra-led India set to showcase its sporting prowess

IMAGE: Led by golden boy Neeraj Chopra, India will hope to register a record medal haul at the 19th Asian Games . Photograph: Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters Led by Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra,......

Chinese boxer trounces stereotypes, depression to become 'Queen of the Ring'

IMAGE: Huang Wensi in action during her final training session in Ningbo. Photograph: Yue Wu/Reuters Huang Wensi narrows her eyes and swings her fists towards her opponent, delivering a series of......

Boxing: Player's profile

BOXING Men's Light-Flyweight (49kg) Devendro Singh The youngster from Manipur notched the highest score of the World championship when he over powered his Mexican opponent Velazquez Joselito in......

Mary Kom books berth in World boxing C'ship final

M C Mary Kom continued her chase for a historic fifth successive World Championship gold by becoming the only Indian boxer to enter the final of the event with a thumping win in the last-four stage......