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China spectre is only in India's mind: New Delhi cannot afford to ban Chinese goods

For mainland China, India is a neighbor – just one more of the 14 that surround it. Chinese are more focused on the US and on Japan (sometimes even Russia), who occupy a bigger share of their mind that many would imagine.

Hong Kong's independence movement a political gimmick: China media

On Saturday Chinese media dismissed Hong Kong's independence movement as a political "gimmick", following the city's first pro-independence rally that was attended by more than 2,000 people.

Sold! Endangered Pacific bluefin tuna goes for $117,000 at auction in Japan

A Japanese sushi boss paid more than $117,000 Tuesday for a giant bluefin tuna as Tokyo's Tsukiji fish market held its last New Year auction ahead of a much-needed modernisation move.

Pearl necklace sells for record breaking $5.3 million

A string of natural grey pearls and a Kashmir sapphire broke world records at an auction in Hong Kong, auctioneers Sotheby's say. A BBC News report says a rare grey pearl necklace that once belonged to a British aristocrat sold for $5.3 million.

Tintin drawing sells for $1.2 million in Hong Kong auction

The “only original“ drawing remianing from the Tintin classic The Blue Lotus sold for a record breaking 9.6 million Hong Kong dollars ($1.2m) at an auction in Hong Kong.

Start of a bubble? Investors cash in on China's 'mini-Hong Kong'

Investors are snapping up property near a proposed $45 billion business zone in the Chinese boom town of Shenzhen, betting that the government's plans to further open its capital markets with a " mini-Hong Kong" will spur real estate values.

Revealed: World's most expensive streets

In the wake of a recession that knocked at least 40 percent off the price tags of global prime property, the world's wealthiest individuals are buying homes on top streets for higher-than-ever prices, according to data from Knight Frank and ultra high net worth (UHNW) intelligence firm Wealth-X.<br /><br />

In early dawn raid, Hong Kong police move in against protest zone

Dozens of Hong Kong police arrived at a pro-democracy protest zone on Friday to remove barricades in a dawn raid

Hong Kong police start removing barricades, protesters caught unaware

Hong Kong police early Monday started removing street barricades at sites where pro-democracy demonstrators have been holding more than two weeks of rallies, paralysing parts of the Chinese financial hub.

Why Mumbai's elections are irrelevant to this city-state

Mumbai's latest municipal elections are unrelated to what the city really needs: it needs to be governed differently from the rest of Maharashtra