It may be housed in a retired passenger jet, but China's latest fine-dining restaurant has more on the menu than the typical mile-high cuisine.

The small Chinese fishing village of Wukan has been described by locals as a "war zone" as authorities seek to suppress demonstrations against land seizures.

The world's largest mobile payment company has launched a new payment system in New Zealand.

A gay Chinese student activist is taking legal action against Ministry of Education over school textbooks describing homosexuality as a mental disorder.

Known as the Hawaii of China, Hainan is China's largest tropical island, with natural assets like sandy beaches, rainforest and hot springs.

A young man who made a giant heart from hundreds of fruits for a public love confession was left humiliated when his advances were rejected by the girl of his dreams.

Asians have the highest abortion rates and ratio among all ethnic groups in New Zealand.

We have spent a fair bit of time in popular tourist destination Bali but this was our first time visiting the more metropolitan part of Indonesia, its capital, Jakarta.

COMMENT: The key ingredients for cracking the business bigtime in Asia can be found close to home.

It is a relief that a G20 summit hosted by China produced nothing worse than a dispute over steps the US President would use to alight from Air Force One.

China's got the world puzzling over its oil hoard.

Contrary to public perception, few overseas-born elderly Asians own a house and many are living in poorly maintained dwellings.

Beijing says it's building a new type of strategic bomber to 'significantly increase' the nation's long-range strike capability.

Shanghai is a vibrant city - so full of people, it would be difficult to find a street in Shanghai without anybody on it.

October 11 will be the 120th anniversary of Sun Yat Sen's kidnapping in London. An article foiled the plot to kill "the Father of the Chinese Republic".

Heading into a third year of low prices, questions have to be asked whether the dairy industry is on a false path. If so, where is the path back to firm ground?

Elderly drivers of souped up scooters - based on Audi or Mini Cooper models - are causing alarm on China's roads by flouting traffic laws, including running red lights.

China's city clusters could become key economic engines -- and, maybe, a model for how cities can keep growing.

Chinese parents are becoming obsessed with giving their offspring an advantage over their young peers.

Chinese fans shelled out nearly $NZ10 billion to go to the movies, and almost two-thirds of that was spent on tickets to the hundreds of local films produced each year.

China's imports of dairy products jumped 26 percent in the 12 months ended June 30.

Hamilton plane maker Pacific Aerospace has sold its biggest order of its P-750 planes to a Chinese government sports agency.

A man waiting anxiously for the birth of his baby outside a hospital ward in China was given an operation on his haemorrhoids in a case of mistaken identity.

Behind the scenes, these are the people who bridge China and the United States.

Organisers in Rio are scrambling to come up with a new Chinese flag after the version used in medal ceremonies was found to contain a whopping mistake.

Australian Olympics swimming champion Mack Horton has been abused by Chinese Olympic fans for calling out beaten drugs cheat Sun Yang.

Aussie gold medallist Mack Horton called China's Sun Yang a 'drug cheat', and it all kicked off from there.

Japan summoned Chinese diplomats on Saturday to protest after six Chinese coast guard vessels approached disputed East China Sea islands

A New Zealand fisheries operation on the high seas has resulted in two Chinese vessels being reported for alleged illegal fishing near the Kermadecs.

WeChat is making its mark in New Zealand with more than 400,000 tourists using the technology to make payments.