Pandas and a soaring Buddha statue greet Harriet O'Brien on a visit to this Sichuan city.

China successfully carried out the world's first soft landing of a space probe on the moon in nearly four decades, state media said, the next stage in an ambitious space program that aims to eventually put a Chinese astronaut on the moon. Check out the photos of their space program.

A labour group monitoring three Chinese factories that make iPhones and other Apple products says once-oppressive working conditions have steadily improved in the last 18 months.

Some of the more than 6000 propaganda posters printed between 1940 and 1990, which are on display at this private museum.

High-rise future looks forward, but Communist-era posters tells a fascinating tale, writes Duncan Gillies.

It's a critical time to boost the relationship between NZ and China, writes Ambassador Wang Lutong.

South Korean and Japanese flights through China's new maritime air defence zone added to the international defiance of rules Beijing says it has imposed in East China Sea but that neighbours and the US have vowed to ignore.

Brendan Manning learns flashy Macau is not the place to grab a casual beer.

China's new maritime air defence zone is unenforceable, Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said yesterday.

China and Japan appeared to be a step closer to a military confrontation that could drag in the United States.

One of the totemic policies of China's Communist Party - the ban on families having more than a single child - has been relaxed in a historic shift by Beijing's new ruling regime.

China's leaders have announced the first significant easing of the country's one-child policy in nearly 30 years and moved to abolish an often-abused labour camp system.

The PM is factoring in the possibility of a visit by Barack Obama to NZ as one of the wild cards he has to consider in setting the date for next year's election.

International financial markets are taking a wait and see approach after China's leaders announced a greater role for markets in the country's future economic strategy.

Nuplex Industries has begun construction of its third manufacturing facility in China, which is expected to help the speciality chemicals and resins manufacturer overcome capacity constraints.

Justice Minister Judith Collins says she believes China is serious about clamping down on corruption under its new leadership.

Many in China are unconvinced Bo Xilai will serve jail time - they believe he'll take advantage of ding zui, where a hired substitute does time instead.