People known for displaying luxurious lifestyles have disappeared from social media sites in China recently amid a clampdown on "conspicuous displays of wealth"
Chinese carmakers' tactics to break into Europe include making cars in the EU, sponsoring events to raise brand awareness, setting up dealership networks, plus service-and-repair operations
Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell said there was an urgent need for NATO nations to send a message to China over its actions "destabilizing the heart of Europe"
Stronger than expected consumer confidence data pushed US government bond yields to a near four-week peak, lifting their global counterparts
Days after meeting the Chinese PM, Samsung boss Jay Y Lee faces the threat of the group's first-ever walkout over demands for better pay and conditions
Plug-in hybrids priced from 79,800 yuan ($11,014) have made up the bulk of BYD's sales in the past three years
Americans are warming to electric vehicles and analysts are predicting "widespread EV adoption", plus thousands of jobs in some states from billions of investments
Analysts say China is using carrots and sticks to convince key European states to push back against hefty tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles
Thailand's attorney-general will indict Thaksin for allegedly insulting the monarchy, an official said on Wednesday. The news is a blow to the political heavyweight, whose loyalists dominate the current government
Chinese premier met South Korea's Yoon and Japan's Kishida in Seoul in a push to revitalise ties, plus talks on a three-party free-trade deal
Chinese exports of pure electric and plug-in hybrid cars to Brazil soared 13-fold year-on-year partly due to a drop in shipments to EU on the back of an ongoing anti-subsidy probe
Bid by Pyongyang to launch a second spy satellite on Monday night fails, when a newly developed liquid fuel rocket motor exploded over the Yellow Sea