The Notice of Meeting and Independent Report for the acquisition of 50 per cent of Silver Fern Farms by Shanghai Maling are revealing.

Alliance chairman Murray Taggart says any Silver Fern merger Farms risks making a "big beached whale" of the meat industry.

Steven Joyce doesn't want the Lochinver decision to cast a shadow over our relationship with China.

Chinese billlionaire's company brings in the lawyers over New Zealand's decision to veto an $88 million bid to buy Lochinver station.

A powerful Chinese politician says New Zealand is seen as attractive to foreign investors and it's a reputation we should value.

China is poised to upgrade its ground-breaking free trade agreement with NZ but becoming in favour of NZ's dairy exporters will be problematic.

Maling's proposal to acquire 50% of Silver Fern Farms reaffirms that Chinese investors are interested in New Zealand's rural and food-based assets.

A business connection made over lunch has dished up an opportunity for Southland beef and lamb in the Chinese city of Xi'an.

Regulatory niggles facing exporters and an upgrade to NZ's free trade agreement with China will be among the issues discussed at a trade forum in Beijing this week.

Prime Minister John Key says the decision to reject a bid by the Chinese-owned Pure 100 to buy Lochinver Station does not send mixed messages.

Ministers turn down bid by Chinese billionaire Jiang Zhaobai to buy the Lochinver Station.

Silver Fern Farms says $261m Chinese input will help meat processor forge ahead with a growth strategy.

Chinese investment in Silver Fern Farms would be a momentous event for New Zealand, says the former head of a meat industry lobby group.

September is early spring in New Zealand and is "Golden Autumn" in China.

China government backed Bright Food is understood to be the party in talks to take a stake in Silver Fern Farms.

New Zealand shares fell yesterday to their lowest level this year as offshore volatility weighed on sentiment again with markets across Asia weaker, with the exception of Australia.

Deal would increase dominance of New Zealand's biggest meat exporter but erode farmer control of the industry.

China's move doesn't have to spark rivalry, Japanese visitor tells Herald political editor Audrey Young.

New Zealand is likely to feel the impact of a slowdown in China, say economists.

Created in 2001, Fonterra was heralded as an "icon of economic transformation", a "breakthrough idea", "helping NZ catch the knowledge wave".

Breaking the mold of the London OE, a Wellington principal is encouraging students to see the opportunities in Asia.

Business editor Liam Dann looks at just how much of a concern the China market crash should be for us here in New Zealand.

China's biggest currency intervention for more than two decades has jolted financial markets out of their traditional August lull.

Far beyond the big cities, growth in China's west is creating business opportunities for New Zealand companies.

As China guides its currency lower, it heightens default risks on foreign- currency debt and increases the odds of capital flight, which would slam stock prices.

Mainland Chinese consumers have a penchant for labels saying "Made by China" or "Made in China".

Some textile jobs are coming back from Asia to the US after companies are finding it cheaper to produce goods in the South.

Countries with large current-account surpluses need to boost domestic demand to help correct imbalances, says the IMF.