A Japanese hotel fit for Marilyn Monroe is seeing signs of spending from foreign tourists starting to wane.

The mind power of China's Shaolin Warriors is impressive, as Auckland school students found out yesterday.

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.

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.

Dragon by name and dragon by nature, this new attraction in Hunan province is sure to attract thrillseekers from around the world.

A Chinese museum has turned its beady eye on the world's great works of art, writes Rod Pascoe.

A Chinese village is naming and shaming people who don't care for their parents, rolling out plans to broadcast details of their "crimes" on loudspeakers.

Fonterra's infant formula sales in China are running ahead of its expectations, chairman John Wilson says.

Increased Chinese e-commerce regulation is crimping demand in an important sales channel for many NZ manufacturers, says a major exporter.

A report estimates the leverage in the Chinese economy

Silver Fern Farms has got Grant Samuel to back its proposal to sell half its meat processing assets.

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At the local market in Hainan, China, you choose what you want for dinner from a live selection.

The Country's Dom George interviews Prime Minister John Key today about the supposed trade war with China. Is it all smoke and mirrors?

Emotional and ideological contagion is becoming a more important source of systemic risk.

Can Chinese companies continue to get away with counterfeiting of car designs?

The Martin Jetpack's potential to become an airborne golf cart is helping keep founder Glenn Martin's dreams for flying machine alive

Wal-Mart hasn't met the target its manufacturing move had hoped for.

Trade Minister says he was told Zespri was warned about trade implications if New Zealand pursued complaint over 'dumping' of Chinese steel in NZ market.

The Government has refused to confirm whether NZ Steel has lodged complaints that China is 'dumping' low cost steel in the NZ market

Chinese travellers born in the 1990s are heading out of the country and are spending up large.

John Key says China has given no sign that it has concerns with New Zealand, let alone threatened to retaliate against Kiwi exporters.