Nearly 7000 aspiring artists packed into a convention centre to fight for a place at a Chinese art university.

China's 'toilet revolution' could see unruly users blacklisted from public bathrooms.

Fonterra's Chinese partner says easing of rules on family size will keep the demand for infant formula strong.

A newborn baby boy in China who was pronounced dead, woke up crying just moments before he was due to be cremated.

Food is key to Chinese New Year, and families and restaurants will ring in the Year of the Monkey with special feasts.

The Chinese Communist Party has explained Xi's "Four Comprehensives" in a mystifying and rather cute pop video.

It would be a big step for powerhouse to accede to TPP agreement, with intellectual protection a thorny issue.

Across Auckland, dances, fireworks and feasts will usher in the Year of the Monkey. Lincoln Tan looks at a festival being welcomed to the cultural landscape.

When Sally Liu returned to China for a visit and her aunt asked how much she earned as a university lecturer, it took her a moment to answer.

The world's longest and highest glass-bottom bridge opens in China this year.

Asia's biggest economy looks to limit manufacturers to three labels and impose stricter safety procedures.

Most emerging-market stocks fell after China's official manufacturing gauge slumped to a three-low year and South Korean exports plunged.

China stocks have tumbled again, hitting fresh one-year lows amid signs the recent market rout is triggering margin calls and forced liquidation, threatening yet another vicious downward market spiral.

But China's firms can't buy their way to success.

New Zealand's tourism industry doesn't expect China's economic woes to put the brakes on fast-growing visitor arrivals from that country.

A Chinese crackdown on capital flight has the potential to bring the Auckland housing market's bull run to a grinding halt, writes Fran O'Sullivan.

If it's true that the stock market has predicted nine out of the last five recessions, then let's hope that this is one of those four fake-outs.

China is adding debt at a pretty fast pace even though it's already done too much of that the last seven years.

China's economic growth missed analysts' estimates last quarter.

Markets started the week gripped by a fresh bout of risk aversion, as Asian stocks slipped with energy-linked currencies.

Celebrations for Chinese New Year in Auckland will start two weeks earlier this year to avoid clashes with Waitangi Day weekend and Auckland Anniversary.

Concern about low oil prices and China's growth prospects has driven New Zealand's sharemarket lower.

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