It has taken more than 100 years to come to light, but the web of intrigue and corruption that toppled China's last emperor has finally been pieced together by a Chinese historian.

The Chinese Government is behind a campaign of cyber espionage to extract America's industrial and military secrets, a Pentagon report has said, for the first time accusing Beijing publicly of being behind a hacking threat.

A New Zealand resident wanted for questioning over the murder of a prostitute in Shanghai remains in an Auckland prison after his latest bid for bail was denied by the Court of Appeal.

Chinese tourists are being encouraged to add a natural sex booster supplement to their souvenir shopping list on their visit to New Zealand.

Chinese police have broken up a criminal ring accused of taking meat from rats and foxes and selling it as lamb in the country's latest food safety scandal.

Shares in the Fonterra Shareholders Fund rallied to their highest ever point today after the co-operative announced that it plans to cut 300 jobs.

A stoush has erupted in the lucrative infant formula export industry after Chinese media outlets published articles about a newly formed export association.

A powerful earthquake struck the steep hills of China's southwestern Sichuan province, leaving over 150 people dead and more than 5,500 injured.

A Kiwi living in Sichuan has described watching a 15-storey hotel sway wildly and naked people run on to the street as a powerful earthquake struck the Chinese province.

A journalist's guide to drinking in Hong Kong.

The growing influence of China in the Pacific - and NZ First leader Winston Peters' warning to beware the seduction of China - was one of the focuses of a special debate in Parliament yesterday.

China mesmerises and intrigues Leanne Rinne.

When John Key met his second Chinese vice-premier in two days yesterday, he and Wang Yang shared a joke about the photo Key had seen of them hanging in Guangzhou's Foreign Affairs Museum.

With the rapid adoption of modern farming technologies, agriculture is an increasingly important part of the economy, writes John Wilson.

Davina Lach, a New Zealand student studying at Peking University, has come full circle.

Maori Affairs Minister Pita Sharples today formally received a Maori feather cloak in Beijing, which will be temporarily loaned to Te Papa for display.

Why does the world biggest country pay so much attention to such a small country as New Zealand?

Prime Minister John Key wants more students to consider learning Mandarin.

The length of visas for China's frequent travellers to New Zealand will be extended, Prime Minister John Key has announced in Shanghai.