Apple's decision to invest $1 billion in Chinese company Didi is a sign of its growing interest in transportation.

Auckland, Los Angeles, Gaungzhou - talking trade and growth at the Tripartite Economic Summit today.

The British Queen was caught on camera making unguarded comments about a state visit last year by Chinese President Xi Jinping

Chengdu is rumoured to be the next Chinese city serviced by Air New Zealand.

ANZ's operation in the country is reportedly reducing exposure to struggling industrial sectors and "cherry-picking" higher quality customers.

New Zealand has a productivity problem. We produce less per hour than most of the rest of the OECD and we aren't catching up.

COMMENT: People without residency shouldn't be allowed to own NZ real estate. Land is the fundamental ingredient of a country, writes Raybon Kan.

ICBC (NZ) has lifted its loan book by 343 percent.

There is a perception that New Zealand's dairy exporters have been disadvantaged by more favourable terms in China's recent FTA with Australia.

Signals that New Zealand could secure a better deal on its Free Trade Agreement with China is a "beacon of hope" for our dairy industry, said the head of an export association.

It took some time to adjust to the gloom after the bright sunshine outside.

COMMENT: This is about Chinese committing crimes in China. They knew the consequences. They're fugitives on the run. They should be dealt with under China's law, writes Larry Williams.

NZ's Huhu Studios has signed an $86 million deal with a Chinese "powerhouse in the animation industry" to co-finance and co-produce five movies.

China's richest man, Alibaba online shopping founder Jack Ma, says he'd like to buy a home in New Zealand.

COMMENT: Jack Ma of Alibaba has offered to help small businesses in NZ to access his e-commerce site, writes Barry Soper. He'll even train them how to sell their product which he's effusive about.

COMMENT: Recent estimates show that most members of the Trans-Pacific Partnership will make substantial gains, unlike those who opt not to participate.

New Zealand trade officials have signed a deal with the world's largest online marketplace, China's Alibaba Group.

COMMENT: On one hand our two governments are building a free trade zone to continually deepen our cooperation on trade and investment. On the other, we are creating a new history of exchanges on culture and language, writes Wang Lutong.

COMMENT: The Prime Minister's mission is to try and squeeze a few concessions out of the Chinese this week - easier said than done of course, writes Barry Soper.

Prime Minister John Key and Foreign Minister Murray McCully will start campaigning in force for former rival Helen Clark this week.

As China's booming middle class junks aging cars and appliances, the next threat to the world's ailing iron-ore producers is materializing.

Police boarded and Air New Zealand flight from Auckland upon its arrival in Shanghai after a woman on board "nearly caused a riot" over her inflight meal.

COMMENT: Lessons from the Panama Papers.

News of Chinese regulatory changes has given local investors jitters and hit Australasian infant formula and health supplement stocks.

Infant formula and health supplement firms are taking a sharemarket pounding today.

Prime Minister John Key will visit China this month to discuss the free trade agreement between the two countries.

A heartbreaking Chinese beauty ad aims to empower young unmarried women who are branded as "sheng nu", or "leftover women."

Internet memes can start anywhere and spread everywhere: That's exactly what makes them so wonderful.

The range of New Zealand skincare products will be distributed by China's largest traditional medicine company.