Fonterra is pinning its hopes on a tie-up with Chinese infant formula giant Beingmate as it pushes into China's lucrative baby milk market.

Fonterra says it plans to spend about $1.17 bon taking a 20 per cent stake in China's Beingmate Baby & Child to boost its baby formula aspirations there.

What a difference a year makes. Twelve months ago Fonterra chief executive Theo Spierings was facing the fallout from the disastrous botulism false alarm, which sparked panic in markets across the globe, especially China.

An Australian politician is refusing to apologise for warning of a Chinese invasion of Australia, after her leader's bizarre anti-China rant.

Power of monetary policy to drive global growth is nearing its limit. Further progress depends on government leaders.

As Muammar Gaddafi's regime began to unravel in 2011, amid chaotic fighting between Libya's military and rebels, foreign nations rushed to withdraw their citizens.

A doctored photograph of Donghua Liu was the reason he failed the good-character test and was refused residency in New Zealand.

With 600 courses nationwide, golf's a growing sport in China. Daniel Richardson tees off.

Ann Huston travelled with her sons to the Chengyang Wind and Rain Bridge in China’s Guangxi province.

A swamp kauri company fined for draining protected wetland in Northland's "black gold rush" has failed owing more than $5 million.

Xiao Yunzhi was taking a stroll in Guangyuan, China, when his head started feeling strangely heavy.

China's antitrust crackdown threatens to end the days of foreign-made products generating fatter profits in Beijing than in London or New York.

Labour leader David Cunliffe has announced over-65s will be added to the groups who get free doctors' visits under a major funding boost for primary health care.

The revelation that Shanghai Pengxin is buying Lochinver Station should not be a surprise to anyone watching the capital flows out of China, writes Bernard Hickey.

Prime Minister John Key made an assurance no more than 2 per cent of New Zealand's farmland was foreign-owned.

Three Chinese banks have leased offices in Auckland's central business district, putting further pressure on the stretched sector, says a leasing agent.

The revelation that a Chinese company plans to buy the Lochinver Station in the central North Island is manna to Winston Peters.

Commodity prices fell for a fifth straight month, led by whole milk powder, reflecting a build-up of inventory in China and strong local milk production.

Chinese company Shanghai Pengxin confirmed it is aiming to buy a $70 million North Island farm, which would be second-largest foreign purchase of New Zealand land.

One of the most powerful men in China, who once controlled the police, intelligence networks and law courts, is under investigation by the Communist Party.

Chinese regulators met with managers at Microsoft in four cities in preparation for a potential probe into whether the company engaged in monopolistic practices.

We read about it or see it in the news every other week. But very few of us can pronounce it, let alone put a name to it. Even fewer of us genuinely understand it.

Xi Jinping's version of what the move to the free market means China-style is said to come down to the "invisible hand of the market guided by the visible hand of Government".

The US space agency's Opportunity rover has now clocked more kilometres on Mars than any man-made vehicle to reach another celestial body, Nasa has said.

The eastern Chinese city of Suzhou is joining a national rush for the sky with what's slated to become the world's third-tallest building.

Finance centre Hong Kong is revealing a greener side, hidden in her outlying islands and among the densely packed streets. Sophie Barclay investigates.

In just four years, Xiaomi has evolved from startup to outselling Apple in China by offering inexpensive devices packed with high-end features.