Traditional Chinese beliefs suggest the year should harbour the relatively calm and placid characteristics of the sheep along with peace and prosperity, says Liam Dann.

Fletcher Building's new $77 million hi-tech Formica Group plant in China is running at close to half-capacity, two years after it opened.

People who try to predict the short-term direction of financial markets are usually wrong, writes Paul Glass.

A Kiwi who's been held in China for more than three months on suspicion of drug smuggling still has no idea if his case will go to trial.

Having chugged along through the financial crisis, China's huge expansion in debt now threatens to destabilise the economy.

Economic reform in China, one of New Zealand's largest trading partners accounting for 22 per cent of exports, is a lower priority than trying to save the Communist Party, according to Wall Street....

A money transfer system that has raised fears of money-laundering overseas is being considered by Immigration New Zealand as an acceptable means for wealthy Chinese applicants to bring cash to New....

A growing portion of China's toilet waste is converted into fertiliser and biogas.

So far, a good number of Chinese families have been less than enthusiastic about the partial relaxation of the one-child policy. Why?

A big marketing drive is on to draw more Chinese people to NZ real estate and the businesswoman behind it expects a huge upswing in investment.

To maintain overall good health, the Chinese don't usually take vitamin pills or health supplements - they drink soup.

Two fake charity "monks" and a "nun" have left New Zealand - but others from a begging syndicate are applying for visas to come to New Zealand.

Chinese equities plunged the most in five years, led by brokerages, after regulatory efforts to rein in record margin lending sparked concern.

Fake charity "monks" who target pedestrians on New Zealand's busiest streets are recruited in China and sent here with the promise of making big money.

China has presented its highest award for foreign researchers to a renowned Kiwi scientist who helped change the face of the country's farming systems.

A group of British teenagers will be taught by Chinese teachers in a unique experiment for a BBC documentary.

A team of Chinese doctors and nurses has been sacked for posting 'selfies' from a seven-hour operation online.

China's government is said to be lifting a ban on imports of a genetically-modified corn variety that's commonly grown in the US.

A Chinese factory gauge fell to a seven-month low in December, suggesting further stimulus is needed to halt a slowdown in the world's second-largest economy.

Jack Ma, a former English teacher who started Alibaba in his apartment in 1999, has become the richest person in Asia.

The New Zealand man accused of smuggling 30kg of methamphetamine out of China may have to wait longer than thought to learn his fate.

In his first speech as the leader of China, President Xi Jinping identified corruption as a major priority.

A New Zealander who could face the death penalty for allegedly trying to smuggle methamphetamine out of China is expected to find out today whether he will be charged.

The father of a New Zealander facing a Chinese firing squad for alleged drug smuggling says he has no idea if his son is innocent.

China has four days to charge a Kiwi who could be facing the death penalty for alleged drug smuggling.

Former boss of arrested Kiwi Peter Gardner says he's "hard-working, loyal guy" as Mfat says girlfriend's release down to China.

Foreign Affairs says the release of an Australian woman while her Kiwi boyfriend remains in jail on drugs charges is not a case of which govt lobbied China hardest.

A raging bull is on the loose in China's stock market, which has just opened its doors to the world, but prospective NZ investors may want to approach with caution.