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WMDoll, one of China's biggest sex doll makers, expects to record a 30 per cent jump in sales this year, as the company's ...

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Asian shares are trading mostly higher after a Wall Street rally that followed profit reports from major companies.

Tensions have risen to dangerous levels between Japan and China over a small group of uninhabited islands in the East China Sea, called the Senkaku by the Japanese and the Diaoyu by the Chinese.

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Ryan Chan is a Newsweek reporter based in Hong Kong, where he previously had over a decade of experience at a local newspaper, covering China and current events around the world. His focus is on ...

HONG KONG — An artificial intelligence lab in China has become the latest front in the U.S.-China rivalry, raising doubts as to how much — and for how much longer — the United States is in ...

Japan’s Nikkei declined 1.3% to 39,045.81, while the broader Topix was up 0.36% at 2,768.43 after trading lower in early trade. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index futures indicated a higher opening.