A trace of graphite is in consumer tech. In these Chinese villages, it's everywhere.

Foreign Affairs officials are investigating how a New Zealand-made aircraft turned up at a North Korean military air show painted up in the hermit state's colours.

China's fourth biggest carrier Hainan Airlines will start flying to New Zealand early next year, the latest in a wave of Chinese airlines coming to this country.

The ship's presence sparked comments on social media from Kiwis feeling uneasy about its presence.

A man has confessed to killing 19 people after an argument with his parents over money, official media said.

A man has beaten his wife to death because she had cracked his phone screen.

Love doesn't appear to conquer all in China. With couples lining up to divorce amid fears of limits on how many properties married couples can own.

Halloween isn't for another month, but these creepy Uber drivers are showing up on the ride-sharing app in China.

A Chinese teen, who was sent to internet addiction camp, has killed her mother in an horrific act of revenge.

A summit is being held to help New Zealand businesses better capitalise on burgeoning growth in the Chinese tourism market.

Bad debts in the Chinese banking system are ten times higher than officially admitted, Fitch Ratings has warned.

They were two powerful, ancient empires separated by more than 5,000 miles of imposing mountain ranges, barren desert and exposed steppe grasslands.

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China wants more of a share of New Zealand infrastructure.

Google Earth images reveal four mysterious new objects on a disputed South China Sea island. China wants to hide the evidence.

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Nida sends Grant Bradley in search of epic surf; instead he finds a tranquil haven minutes from bustling Kowloon.

Rod Pascoe flies KA694 to the capital of Hainan, an island province in southern China.

Success inside China's most-valuable public company sometimes requires a bit of cannibalisation.

A powerful typhoon has killed 15 people in China and Taiwan just days before a second storm is expected to batter the region.

Every horrific form of torture you can imagine happens inside China's prisons. The victims are completely innocent. WARNING: Disturbing.

An inflatable moon was no match for the strong winds lashing the southern China as Typhoon Meranti passes through.

It may be housed in a retired passenger jet, but China's latest fine-dining restaurant has more on the menu than the typical mile-high cuisine.

The small Chinese fishing village of Wukan has been described by locals as a "war zone" as authorities seek to suppress demonstrations against land seizures.

The world's largest mobile payment company has launched a new payment system in New Zealand.

A gay Chinese student activist is taking legal action against Ministry of Education over school textbooks describing homosexuality as a mental disorder.

Known as the Hawaii of China, Hainan is China's largest tropical island, with natural assets like sandy beaches, rainforest and hot springs.

A young man who made a giant heart from hundreds of fruits for a public love confession was left humiliated when his advances were rejected by the girl of his dreams.

Asians have the highest abortion rates and ratio among all ethnic groups in New Zealand.

We have spent a fair bit of time in popular tourist destination Bali but this was our first time visiting the more metropolitan part of Indonesia, its capital, Jakarta.

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