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.

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

A modern-day Chinese emigration wave is already underway, and the US is their preferred destination, with buyers snapping up $11b worth of US properties last year.

Competition among banks to attract companies trading in the fast-growing market between New Zealand and China is ramping up

For years, wealthy Chinese have been transferring billions overseas to buy pricey real estate, despite their country's currency restrictions. How are they doing it?

The pachinko industry in Japan wants casinos, driven by attendance that has sunk more than 60 per cent since the mid-90s and an uncertain legal status.

Buyers from Greater China spent $22 billion on US homes in the past year, up 72 per cent from the same period in 2013.

The tech world is abuzz with speculation on what Microsoft is planning for the next generation of its operating system to replace Windows 8.

Boeing predicts demand in Asia will push commercial aircraft sales to $5.2 trillion over the next 20 years.

Samsung said 59 suppliers failed to provide adequate safety equipment for workers as the smartphone maker struggles to improve labour standards in China.

New Zealand commodity prices fell for a fourth straight month in June, led by apples, logs, whole and skim milk powder.

Sovereignty in outer space is always a tricky subject, but out of all the lifeless rocks in the Solar System it was safe to say Mars was more American than most.

Alibaba plans to list its shares on the New York Stock Exchange, instead of the Nasdaq, cementing the 222-year-old market's newfound strength in technology companies.

Father-and-son trainer-jockey partnership Graeme and Alex Forbes are giving them a taste of Kiwi in Inner Mongolia.

The 1km-tall Phoenix Towers will dominate a newly developed 47ha site on an island in a lake in the centre of Wuhan.

China blocked the formation of a global alliance by the world's three biggest shipping lines sending AP Moeller-Maersk shares tumbling.

Coal dominated world energy markets last year by supplying the biggest share of demand since 1970, making it the fastest growing fossil fuel, according to an annual review by BP.