China has been roundly criticized for its hit-or-miss approach to checking excessive volatility, yet many nations have similar mechanisms.

Lewis Road Creamery will make a final decision this year whether to export its organic milk into China's Shanghai.

China's GDP announcement will come next week, amid scepticism about how well the economic report informs the financial world.

The New Zealand dollar rose as oil prices gained from a 12-year low and Chinese stocks gained in afternoon trading.

Chengdu is a booming high-tech hub but fiery cuisine and pandas - came first.

No one really knows what is going on in the world's second largest economy.

The business year starts gradually and, usually, nervously. This year is no exception.

The New Zealand dollar regained ground after China fixed the yuan reference rate marginally higher.

Share markets around the world continue to tumble as billionaire George Soros warned of more trouble ahead and urged investors to be cautious.

New Zealand shares extended their slide from the record high reached on December 31.

The 'disappearing' Hong Kong publisher is in China, where he is "cooperating with the authorities with an investigation".

China's securities regulator signals its open to tweaking the country's new market circuit breakers after analysts blamed the rules for exacerbating a rout in stocks yesterday.

Stock markets fall sharply and billions are wiped off leading companies as investors get nervous over China slump and tensions in the Middle East.

Chinese stock trading stops after the CSI 300 Index plunged more than seven per cent.

China's economic rebalancing remained intact as the first economic reports of 2016 signaled manufacturing weakened for a fifth straight month.

OPINION: China's air pollution is a consequence of its efforts to achieve economic growth at any cost, combined with delays in improving the situation.

Wind and solar power appear set for a record-breaking year in 2016 as a clean-energy construction boom gains momentum.

Slowly but surely, a four-lane highway is beginning to take shape on the sparsely populated Central Asian steppe.

The only way to truly understand China's stock market is by learning the tactics of traders who routinely manipulate it.

China and Russia promote a restrictive "sovereignty" model.

For the first time in over three decades, competitors in the 2016 Coast to Coast won't be handed a well-earned Speight's after they complete.

China will be back on John Key's dance card in 2016 with PM making plans for another official visit perhaps as early as March, writes Fran O'Sullivan.

Several New Zealanders trying to get home for Christmas are stranded in Beijing.

China cemented its position as New Zealand's top export destination in November.

China's economic conditions deteriorated in the fourth quarter, raising doubts over whether it is transitioning from manufacturing to services-led growth.

Even with fuel at its cheapest price in almost a decade, the ships that carry goods around the world have been cutting speed.

Dr Tony Ellis today said his client, Kyung Yup Kim, who Chinese authorities want extradited for allegedly murdering a prostitute, was locked up 19 hours a day.

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. has announced a multiyear licensing agreement for a device that will deliver Disney and Pixar movies, and games in China.

New Zealand will deport a murder suspect to China to face charges after assurances about his treatment and that the death penalty would be waived.