Not all beer drinkers want to grab a cold one. Molson Coors Brewing discovered this in China where drinking cold liquids is widely seen as undesirable.

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.

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.

New Zealand's political treatment of Chinese investment in New Zealand "borders on the disgraceful", according to a leading consultant in Shanghai.

It's a long way from netball hoops to jumping through the hoops of doing business in China but farmer Mike Wilkins is aiming as carefully as his former Silver Fern wife.

China's state-run media has stepped up criticism of US technology companies including Apple and Microsoft as tensions escalate over cyberspying and hacking allegations.

Niue's Premier Toke Talagi says China aid in the small country is significant and China is a "friend" to Niue, but he does not expect it to ever rival New Zealand.

The image of Tank Man quickly became a powerful symbol of the Tiananmen Square massacre but the fate of the ‘unknown rebel’ is still debated.

One of China's biggest road toll businesses has permission to sell land around Auckland to an associated company in a $55.5 million deal.

Queenstown's snow-sprinkled peaks and pristine lakes are being recreated in a multi-billion dollar development in mainland China.

The Chinese government is pushing domestic banks to remove high-end servers made by IBM in an escalation of the dispute with the US over spying claims.

Pam Neville finds an unexpected joie de vivre among Beijing's bustling population.

Roll up! Roll up! For the chance to ride some of the best double-decker trams in Hong Kong, writes Russell Maclennan-Jones.

China has signed a long-awaited deal for Russian natural gas, giving China a new energy source and Russia a diplomatic boost.

China is stockpiling oil for its strategic petroleum reserve at a record pace, intervening on a scale large enough to send a powerful pulse through the world crude market.

One thousand Christians have been forced from their place of worship in a city in eastern China after Communist Party officials decided their 10-storey mega-church was an eyesore that needed to be destroyed.

Hawkes Bay wine producers are joining forces to try to cash in on the growing wine market in China.

Dutch historian Frank Dikotter, based in Hong Kong, has spent year immersed in the horrors to be found within China’s open archives.

Firms from Goldman Sachs to Commonwealth Bank of Australia are predicting the record yuan rout engineered by China's central bank has run its course.