One-kg 24K gold bars are displayed at the Chinese Gold and Silver Exchange Society, Hong Kong's major gold and silver exchange, during the first trading day after the Chinese New Year holidays, in Hong Kong in this February 14, 2013 file photo. Gold fell below $1,500 per ounce on April 12, 2013, a drop of more than 20 percent from its record 2011 highs, putting it in bear market territory for the first time since May 2012.
A Chinese New Year lantern installation is displayed outside a Sinopec gas station in Hong Kong, in this file picture taken February 5, 2013. China Petroleum and Chemical Corp (Sinopec Corp), Asia's largest refiner, will pay $1.5 billion for overseas oil and gas-producing assets held by its parent in a long-awaited move to reshape its business and improve earnings.
An artist wears a mask while performing during a cultural festival marking the end of Chinese New Year celebrations in Bogor , West Java, Indonesia, Wednesday, March 13, 2013.
People perform a dragon dance during a cultural festival marking the end of Chinese New Year celebrations in Bogor , West Java, Indonesia, Wednesday, March 13, 2013.
Worshippers carry giant effigies called "ogoh-ogoh" that represent evil spirits during a cultural festival marking the end of Chinese New Year celebrations in Bogor , West Java, Indonesia, Wednesday, March 13, 2013.
People wearing face masks are seen in this combination picture during the week-long Chinese New Year holiday in Beijing February 9 and 15, 2013. China's drive to fuel more vehicles with cleaner-burning natural gas could reduce oil demand by nearly a tenth - equivalent to Turkey's total oil consumption - and may help ease its cities' toxic smog problem, too. Pictures taken on February 9 (top row, centre row C and R and bottom row R) and 15.
