A look at China’s reform promises
By JOE McDONALD Chinese security personnel guard the entrance to the Jingxi hotel where the Communist Party’s 205-member Central Committee gathered over the weekend for its third annual plenum in…
East Asia
Markets unmoved by Chinese policy promises
By PAN PYLAS People walk by an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013. Asian stock markets mostly traded higher Tuesday after the Dow…
Tons of aid in Philippines, but not where needed
By TODD PITMAN and JIM GOMEZ Typhoon survivors hang signs from their necks as they queue up in the hopes of boarding a C-130 military transport plane Tuesday, Nov. 12,…
AP PHOTOS: TYPHOON DEVASTATES PHILIPPINES
By The Associated Press A man looks at a tourist boat sinking in Ha Long Bay, Vietnam Monday, Nov. 11, 2013. Typhoon Haiyan made landfall in northern Vietnam early Monday…
JAPAN STARTS UP OFFSHORE WIND FARM NEAR FUKUSHIMA
By ELAINE KURTENBACH In this photo taken Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013 and released by Marubeni Corp., a wind turbine, named Fukushima Mirai, is seen about 20 kilometers off the coast…
Coca-Cola plans more than $4B investment in China
By The Associated Press FILE – In this Aug. 11, 2008 file photo a vendor under a Coke umbrella rests on at the Mutianyu section of the Great Wall of…
Solid US jobs data weigh on markets
By PAN PYLAS A man walks in front of a securities firm in Tokyo, Friday, Nov. 8, 2013. Asian stocks tracked losses in the U.S. on renewed concern the Federal…
ECB-driven market rally peters out after US data
A man looks at an electronic stock indicator outside a securities firm in Tokyo, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2013. Asian stock markets were mostly weaker Thursday, with a cautious mood prevailing…