A robot tasked with making the "lunar soil bricks" will be launched during China's Chang'e-8 mission in around five years time

Beijing has doubled down on proposals for more coal mines to head off the threat of power blackouts across the country

The trade in US computer chips from Hong Kong and China to Russia soared more than tenfold last year to at least $740 million, according to a probe by Nikkei

The investment mogul described the Taiwanese chipmaker as a well-managed company, but said his investment group had better places to deploy capital

Analysts say China's latest military drills, held from Saturday to Monday, show Beijing is serious about being able to cut off the democratically ruled island in a conflict

The news is expected at high-level sovereign debt talks on Wednesday on the sidelines of the World Bank and IMF Spring meetings in Washington

The sale is part of a series of similar moves by Berkshire, which started selling its BYD shares in late August last year

The Kospi in Korea, the ASX 200 in Australia and the Nikkei in Japan all rose more than 1%; Hong Kong was also up, while Shanghai edged down slightly after more negative data on Tuesday

Companies that fall foul of the new rules, likely to come into effect sometime this year, could have their services suspended, face fines or even face a criminal investigation

Australia will suspend a case it lodged at the WTO, while China does a prompt review into duties imposed on the grain; there is hope also their dispute on wine can also be resolved

Latest data shows that consumer inflation has fallen to an 18-month low, while factory-gate price declines increased in March amid the global slowdown

"Until our company's official announcement, any Ernie app you see from App Store or other stores are fake," the Chinese search engine giant said in a statement