China

Workers at a Foxconn factory that makes iPhones all threatened to jump from the top of the building if they didn't get a raise. But these aren't the only workers protesting work conditions and pay in the country.

A report out links building skyscrapers with economic crashes. China, please take note.

News today that the German economy contracted sent markets down sharply. But was it all just noise?

Chinese exports took a hit in the last year because of the European debt crisis, while the export market suffered as Chinese consumers bought less.

The U.S. treasury secretary wants China to impose sanctions, but may find the Chinese -- big buyers of Iranian oil -- in no hurry to make up their minds.

Key on the agenda: Getting Japan and China to support Iran oil sanctions.

On the orders of the government, Chinese television has had to replace popular shows similar to "American Idol" with more morally uplifting fare.

Sinopec will spend billions of dollars on a partnership to drill for natural gas in Ohio. The company is hoping to gain the needed expertise to grow the fracking industry in China.

China has unveiled plans for space exploration over the next five years. The country says it'll launch space laboratories, manned spaceships, and an eventual goal of building a space station and putting a man on the moon.

In the New Year, financial experts will keep a close watch on both the eurozone and China, and their impact on the global economy.