Defence Minister Gerry Brownlee got a stern rebuke from China when he made the mildest of observations about Beijing's expansionist maritime policy.

China is edging towards "financial calamity" and must wean itself off its debt addiction to avoid a crisis, the IMF says.

He already runs the world's biggest online shopping company, but Alibaba founder Jack Ma is not satisfied.

Hospital staff in China were horrified to find a poor little girl was forced into marriage and fell pregnant to a much older man.

Archaeologists have concluded that the Terracotta Warriors could have been made with the help of the Greeks.

China is developing the world's smallest nuclear reactor, which may be installed in one of the disputed South China Sea islands.

A question for incoming Auckland Mayor Phil Goff: How will you lift the city's economic relationship with China? One in 12 Aucklanders

Fonterra's strategy of shifting more milk, quicker, into the value-added side of the business is gaining momentum after getting off

China has effectively told New Zealand to butt out of the dispute in the South China Sea .

COMMENT: We have no right to look back and judge past eras by our standards.

A trace of graphite is in consumer tech. In these Chinese villages, it's everywhere.

Foreign Affairs officials are investigating how a New Zealand-made aircraft turned up at a North Korean military air show painted up in the hermit state's colours.

China's fourth biggest carrier Hainan Airlines will start flying to New Zealand early next year, the latest in a wave of Chinese airlines coming to this country.

The ship's presence sparked comments on social media from Kiwis feeling uneasy about its presence.

A man has confessed to killing 19 people after an argument with his parents over money, official media said.

A man has beaten his wife to death because she had cracked his phone screen.

Love doesn't appear to conquer all in China. With couples lining up to divorce amid fears of limits on how many properties married couples can own.

China has been quietly building the world's biggest radio telescope to search for alien life. Now it's been turned on.

It should have been the happiest day of his life but this groom was ambushed by friends carrying toxic fire extinguishers

A summit is being held to help New Zealand businesses better capitalise on burgeoning growth in the Chinese tourism market.

Bad debts in the Chinese banking system are ten times higher than officially admitted, Fitch Ratings has warned.

They were two powerful, ancient empires separated by more than 5,000 miles of imposing mountain ranges, barren desert and exposed steppe grasslands.

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China wants more of a share of New Zealand infrastructure.

Google Earth images reveal four mysterious new objects on a disputed South China Sea island. China wants to hide the evidence.

COMMENT: Is China about to be the epicentre of Global Financial Crisis II, the sequel?

Nida sends Grant Bradley in search of epic surf; instead he finds a tranquil haven minutes from bustling Kowloon.

Rod Pascoe flies KA694 to the capital of Hainan, an island province in southern China.

Success inside China's most-valuable public company sometimes requires a bit of cannibalisation.

Chinese farmers have taken over formerly white-owned farms for the first time, investing millions of pounds into tobacco production.