NZ's relationship with Southern China and in particular Christchurch's ties will step up a level, says Lianne Dalziel.

Zuru Toys is out to become an innovative billion-dollar company. Alexander Speirs meets the successful Mowbray family.

The Huawei Spark innovation partnership bears 700MHz fruit writes Bill Bennett.

China's latest buzzword is a business strategy that appears all-encompassing, as Xiaoying Fu found on a recent visit.

China is on the verge of an outward tourism boom as middle-class incomes surge.

Fonterra CEO Theo Spierings has centralised control of the company's Chinese farming hubs into a new standalone business unit to make faster progress growing its milk pools in China.

The showpiece of the NZ presence in China will be the new embassy being built in Beijing, says Tim Groser.

BNZ is developing a partnership strategy with key New Zealand stakeholders to create a pathway for smaller Kiwi businesses to make successful inroads into the Chinese market.

Institutional trades have predominated since the historic move to direct convertibility of the New Zealand and Chinese currencies began last month.

Should New Zealanders be fearful of Chinese investment in this country, asks Cathy Quinn.

Direct currency trading with China will help to further open that market for businesses and position this country to benefit from the potentially dramatic rise of China as a global financial centre, writes David Green.

Tourism industry players are seeing the benefits of joining forces for the China market, writes Fran O'Sullivan.

Cultural differences are becoming a dynamic of the marketplace, explains Michael Pollard.

Thirty years ago China and Asia simply weren't on the map for New Zealand's rural economy. Today, ASB general manager for rural banking Mark Heer says, they are in everyone's sights.

Is big end of China town's NZ investment a political issue, asks Fran O'Sullivan.