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Predictions have the major emerging markets—Brazil, Russia, India and China, a.k.a. the BRICs—overtaking the combined GDP of the G7 nations by 2027, nearly a decade sooner than the forecast in a landmark study a few years back.

China has blocked the popular video-sharing Web site YouTube but did not offer a reason for the ban.

Beijing's rejection of the soft drink deal is a sign of rising nationalism.

Only two memories brought tears to Sun Yaoting's eyes in old age -- the day his father cut off his genitals, and the day his family threw away the pickled remains that should have made him a whole man again at death.

Barack Obama's chief economic adviser assures China its $1tn (£0.7tn) worth of investment in the US is safe.

AOL is backing out of mainland China – again. Other than a PR rep or two, the company fired all 100 or so of its employees in its Beijing office, according Chinese portal Netease.com. The Wall Street Journal says the AOL China site hasn't been updated since Tuesday. The cuts are a part of AOL's plan to slash 10% of its workforce worldwide.

The United States accused China on Tuesday of adopting a more aggressive military stance as a naval confrontation sparked anger in Beijing and raised tensions ahead of a U.S. visit by China's foreign minister.

China has bolstered its security forces along its border with India and Nepal, on the fiftieth anniversary of a failed uprising in Tibet.

The Pentagon said Monday that Chinese ships harassed a U.S. surveillance ship Sunday in the South China Sea in the latest of several instances of "increasingly aggressive conduct."

Investors have largely panned the stimulus package that President Obama signed into law last month. But stimulus in China? Now that's a different story.