A Chinese New Zealander who entered China illegally to see his dying parents says he was chained and tortured for five days before being deported.

A Chinese New Zealander who entered China illegally to see his parents claims he was detained, chained and tortured for five days before being deported to Auckland.

A Shanghai Court has upheld a ruling against Zespri's China-based subsidiary and one of its employees for smuggling, leaving the company with a $960,000 fine and the employee with a five-year jail term.

Derek Cheng challenges himself and sets a new personal best for culinary repugnancy.

What happens to NZ if China's mothers decide breast is best?

China's Communist party has struggled for 2.5 years to decide what to do with Liu Zhijun, the high-speed rail supremo who embezzled $635 million.

Luxury steps up to new high-tech levels at a renowned Hong Kong institution.

China is making up for lost time on the fairways with the most opulent courses you've ever seen, writes James Ihaka.

A peek behind the scenes at Cathay Pacific's kitchens fascinates Shandelle Battersby.

Paul Rush experiences courtyard cuisine in the back streets of Beijing.

Hong Kong-based adman Keith Smith has been in and out of China for 20 years. Nobody - Chinese or Westerners - would have guessed in the mid-1990s that the consumer and advertising market would explode the way it has, Smith says.

New Zealand companies have been accused of sending unsafe baby milk products to China - the latest in a string of recent clashes with our largest trading partner. Christopher Adams investigates what has gone wrong

Infant formula sold by New Zealand supermarket chains to Hong Kong is being smuggled into China as part of a black-market trade in imported milk powder.

Widespread fears of a flood of Asian investment and a Chinese farm-buying spree are misplaced - Australia is the largest overseas investor in New Zealand.

I've learned over my 30-plus years of driving to be very careful about the blind spot behind my right shoulder because the mirrors I usually rely on don't show me everything, says Bernard Hickey.

It remains an area crying out for regulatory oversight in case missteps by smaller players screw the market for our champions, writes Fran O'Sullivan.

As Fonterra China Farms general manager Nicola Morris sums up, it is about taking the best of Kiwi ingenuity and farming systems.

Since John Key's celebratory mission there in April, there has been a series of difficult and costly issues dogging New Zealand trade with China, writes Liam Dann.

An agreement has been reached in Beijing to ensure New Zealand meat exports to China can resume on a normal basis.

When the US charged into Afghanistan in 2001 in hot pursuit of Al Qaeda, analysts sought deeper explanations for the Bush Administration's foray into the nation that humbled British and Russian arms.

Chinese TV has put the heat on NZ's lucrative infant formula industry, raising concerns that our reputation for high-quality food products may have taken a hit.

The pair behind the failed Crafar Farms bid could lose millions of dollars worth of real estate in Auckland and rural Manawatu.

New Zealand officials are in talks with their Chinese counterparts over making New Zealand dollars directly convertible with Chinese renminbi.