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Beingmate shares in trading halt
The Chinese dairy firm partially owned by Fonterra has been suspended from trading amid the Chinese stock market turmoil.

China's richest lose $50b
The worst monthly slump in Chinese stocks in two years wiped away more than US$34 billion ($50.8 billion) in combined net worth of the richest people in June.

Is China a capitalist or communist success story?
The reality of China's SOE privatisation is far from the potted free-market anecdote we like to tell ourselves.

Beingmate shares plunge below Fonterra buy price
Shares in Beingmate - the Chinese company which is 18.8pc owned by Fonterra - have halved in value over the past three weeks.

China: Trade and exchange
Jim Eagles' eyes are opened to the intricacies of trade at a livestock market in the Silk Road hub of Kashgar, China's westernmost city.

Fran O'Sullivan: Kiwi firms must hold nerve
New Zealand businesses should keep their nerve as international markets are spooked by the Chinese sharemarket sell-off, the closure of Greek banks and even a signal by Puerto Rico that it cannot pay....

China Eastern gears up for daily flights
China Eastern Airlines has plans to build up to daily services on its Auckland-Shanghai service.

$600 fares as China airline expands
China Eastern says it'll soon start flying between Auckland and Shanghai year-round - and travellers are the winners.

Chinese Skykiwi website to go mobile
New Zealand's biggest Chinese website, Skykiwi, is adjusting to the new ways in which people are accessing media.

Shanghai: Dance revolution
Tai chi? Uh-uh. Shereen Low visits a Chinese park to find that modern pensioners are all about the bass.

A new take on cutting corners
A Chinese man was driving along the Chongqing-Guizhou Expressway in central China when he noticed a giant circular saw spinning at speed towards his windscreen.

NZ seeks better China deal
The Government is looking to China to renegotiate its free trade agreement with New Zealand after China signed a more generous agreement with Australia.

US citizens will still double China's income by 2061
The United States will still have more than double China's per capita income by 2061 even as Chinese income levels grow.

Hong Kong houses rise fastest
House prices in Hong Kong have risen at the fastest pace of any country in the world over the 12 months to March.

Secret trial jails 'tiger' for life
Former Chinese security boss and elite Communist Party member found guilty in crackdown on corruption.

William Pesek: China's stock bubble is choking reform plans
William Pesek on considering the cost of China's stock boom - the biggest being President Jinping's economic reform program.

Few rescued as hope fades
A total of 14 people have been rescued, but the vast majority of the 456 people on board, many of them elderly tourists, were unaccounted for.

China: Ticking off Beijing's boxes
First-time visitors have plenty of options in China's capital, writes Janetta Mackay.

China blows its debt bubble bigger
China is likely to ensure a belated financial reckoning in the years ahead, and it has the potential to shake the global economy.

The new China syndrome
A policy document by the state council, or Cabinet, said China faced a "grave and complex array of security threats", justifying the change.

When predicting China stocks there's only wrong and very wrong
Only in China can you predict the world's biggest stock-market rally and still come out looking like a pessimist.

Airport hoping to make connections
Auckland Airport chief executive Adrian Littlewood says his company is working hard to develop systems and technology to defer infrastructure investment.

China Inc. is coming to America, and it's hiring
A new report described as the first of its kind has broken down how much Chinese money is flowing into America.

A report card for Asia's would-be reformers
How have things fared since then for Asia's "Axis of Reform"? Not very well, unfortunately, says William Pesek.

China: A major economy but run like a minor one
Willie Pesek asks if China's central bank is up for the responsibility of helping steer the world's second biggest economy.

Comvita lifts FY profit 28pc to $10.2m
Comvita beat its guidance with a 28pc gain in annual profit, saying purchases by Asian tourists helped drive sales.

Export log prices hit 3-year low
Export log prices, which fell to a three-year low this month, may start to pick up as demand improves in China.

Apple working with WWF China to manage sustainable forests
Apple and the World Wildlife Fund will work together to manage as many as 1 million acres of forests across China.