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NZ and China discuss convertibility of currencies
New Zealand officials are in talks with their Chinese counterparts over making New Zealand dollars directly convertible with Chinese renminbi.

Smugglers hit NZ honey
One of New Zealand's biggest honey exporters says it is worried black market sales of its product could damage its reputation in China.

Damien Grant: China's hopes may be shanghaied
From the vantage point of a modern hotel in the heart of Beijing, it is tempting to admire the economic miracle around you and believe that this new world order is permanent. It isn't.

Sam Judd: Border patrol's high green fence
China's recent 'Green Fence' policy has the recycling industry very worried. Sam Judd takes a look at what this could mean for New Zealand and what we, as individuals, could do better.

Officials cagey about space-tracking ship
There are conflicting reports as to whether a ship tied up at Queens Wharf is part of the Chinese navy.

Last emperor betrayed by mother
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.

US wags finger at China over 'campaign of cyber thefts'
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.

Bail denied for man wanted over Shanghai prostitute's murder
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.

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

Dairy group says Chinese media got it wrong
An industry group is continuing to defend itself against accusations that it damaged this country's lucrative reputation for safe dairy products during a visit to a trade show in China this month.

Baby formula beats drug arrests
Arrests of infant formula smugglers have surpassed those of heroin and other drug runners at Hong Kong's border since it introduced new laws restricting how much baby milk - much of which is made in New Zealand - can be carried into mainland China.

Baby food story upsets NZ exporters
A stoush has erupted in the lucrative infant formula export industry after Chinese media outlets published articles about a newly formed export association.

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

People run naked from swaying building
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.

Peters warns of the seduction of China
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.