Holden and Toyota are vital to the future of Australia’s car industry, the Australian Productivity Commission has heard, during three days of hearings held in Adelaide and Melbourne.

Thousands of people across Australia joined a global movement of 3 million saying no to genetically modified foods and herbicides on Oct 12, in the lead up to World Hunger Day.

The capital of central China’s Hubei Province, the industrial city of Wuhan, which is known to the outside world for having construction all over the city, is now suffering financial difficulties.

Dangerous and Dirty Water in China: Examples From the First Half of 2013

Local government buildings in China tend to be oversized, this is especially obvious in towns with small populations, where the townhall for example, may be huge, and the style of architecture often resembles that of American buildings.

The guqin, a relative of the zither family, is a classical, yet complicated, Chinese instrument.

Maybe you didn’t get to see all the action at this year’s festivals, so here is a glimpse of some of these amazing dragon boats as they do battle.

The Dragon Boat Festival, known in Chinese as “Duān Wǔ Jié” (端午節), is here once again.