All roads lead to China but don't rush it, warns Michael Barnett.

Govt Minister Steven Joyce had less than three days in Shanghai for business and efficiency was the name of his game.

CEOs Theo Spierings of Fonterra and Christopher Luxon of Air New Zealand give their thoughts on China.

Variation in Chinese consumer appetite has the ability to create volatility in revenue and return for NZ business.

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.

We need to stay in touch with changes in China writes Tim Groser.

As China turns its gaze our way, our connectedness may be growing, says Martin Thomson.

Microblogging service is investing in R&D to stay ahead of the pack in China, writes Alexander Speirs.

New Zealand is well placed to reap the benefits of an ongoing relationship, says ambassador Wang Lutong.

Michael Pettis must be the world's coolest economist, Liam Dann writes.

Justice Minister says she has had no extradition requests from China despite reports showing up to 20 of the country's most wanted fugitives fled to New Zealand.

China's push to challenge US dominance in global trade and finance may involve gold - a lot of gold.

Atlas Iron, Australia's fourth-largest iron ore supplier, will suspend all operations this month in response to a slump in prices to their lowest in a decade.

The world-beating surge in Chinese technology stocks is making the heady days of the US dot-com bubble look tame by comparison.

Gina Rinehart has locked in supply contracts with three of the largest iron ore-consuming Asian nations outside of China.

Fran O'Sullivan on governor Lu Hao - widely tipped to be a major player in Beijing's "next generation" leadership - who was in NZ yesterday.

Business editor Liam Dann is heading to China to look at China's slowing economic growth and how it will affect NZ.

The Government has yet to decide whether to join a multilateral bank to finance infrastructure in Asia, an initiative led by China but opposed by the US.

Competition for air travel between New Zealand and China is set to intensify with plans by Air China to fly daily direct flights between Auckland and Beijing this year.

As China's economy has rapidly expanded over the past couple of decades, the Asian superpower's commercial giants have spread their wings and gone out into the world.

China is importing more and more of its agricultural commodities from the United States.

A partnership with Beingmate Baby & Child could begin boosting Fonterra's branded infant formula sales in China this year.