Surging dairy exports to China have pushed the annual trade balance into surplus for the first time in nearly two years.

Brendan Manning steps out of Hong Kong's hub and discovers there's peace and tranquillity to be found in the lush, abundant country parks nearby.

Millions of lives will be unnecessarily lost to rising rates of respiratory disease and lung cancer.

Strong demand for New Zealand's main commodity exports has prompted the Ministry for Primary Industry to revise up its revenue forecast by $4.9 billion to $36.5 billion.

A man has survived being mauled by a pair of white Bengal tigers in a Chinese zoo after he jumped into their enclosure with a bag of rice because he "wanted to feed the animals".

New Chinese Ambassador Wang Lutong doesn't want to spend too much time cooped up in his Wellington embassy during his stint as China's top diplomatic representative in New Zealand.

Three Chinese warships have sent dark new clouds scudding over Australia's strategic horizon, adding to growing unease across the region.

The sprawl of this ancient city lends itself well to cycling, writes Anthony Doesburg.

Shaky data out of China lately has economists keeping a wary eye on New Zealand's largest trading partner.

On foot around Hong Kong, Winston Aldworth finds a vibrant city where history flies by.

When Mr Yong, assistant marketing manager for a Shenzhen manufacturing company, produced a pair of pink star-shaped nipple covers for my perusal, I began to sense a problem. "No!" I cried, anxiously. "It's tips for chair legs I want."

A majority of voters want NZ to keep out of any conflict that could flare up in the East China Sea.

Like so many iconic American products, Los Angeles smog is now being made in China.

Fonterra has raised 1.25 billion renminbi in its second Chinese currency denominated bond, which it will use to repay debt and expand operations in China.

Outside Tibet, Duncan Gillies is intrigued, puzzled and mystified by an unexpected Tibetan experience.

It is a bustling city of seven million people, many drawn from China's rural hinterland to work in its factories, shops, karaoke parlours and restaurants.

There's much more to do in Macau than gamble, writes Brendan Manning.

Online retailer ASOS has joined a host of upmarket shops in banning angora products over a viral video exposing the cruelty that rabbits suffer.

Diana Plater tries traditional healing in Macau.

A man whose right hand was severed in an industrial accident had it sewn to his ankle for a month while he waited to undergo reattachment surgery in China.

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.