China

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has smashed records for its Singles Day, the world’s biggest 24-hour shopping event, despite an ongoing trade war with the US and waning domestic interest in the event.

At least 11 people were killed and a further 44 were injured when a car ploughed into crowds in a public square in central China. The driver then exited the vehicle and chased people with a shovel and knife.

Parents are up in arms over a highly-controversial pole dancing performance at a kindergarten in China to mark the beginning of the new academic year.

Shocking video of a man brutally assaulting a young child on a public bus in China's Sichuan province has been shared on Chinese social media. Incredibly, some online commenters praised him for ‘disciplining’ a misbehaving child.

The Economic Policy Institute has released a study citing Walmart’s trade deficit with China as the root cause of 400,000 jobs being lost from the US workforce, over 75 percent of which were in manufacturing. However, others say the news isn’t so grim.

Russian and Chinese authorities have agreed to set up a joint information agency that would work in both countries, as well as a major discussion club with the provisional name of the Amur Dialogue.

In a joint press conference with South Korean President Park Geun-hye, US President Barack Obama said North Korea would be welcomed to roundtable talks if it’s ready to give up its nuclear weapons.

The tension between North and South Korea is again in the media, but what sparked this new round of drama and what is going to happen on the Korean Peninsula in the near future? Hosts Tim Kirby and Robert Bridge will break all of this down and more...

Russia’s key trading floor the Moscow Exchange (MOEX) and the China Financial Futures Exchange (CFFEX) have signed an agreement that’ll help further develop financial ties between the countries.