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'Hangry' passenger 'nearly caused riot'

Police boarded and Air New Zealand flight from Auckland upon its arrival in Shanghai after a woman on board "nearly caused a riot" over her inflight meal.

Why 'in-law' is banned in Beijing

COMMENT: Lessons from the Panama Papers.

China rules change hit NZ exporters

News of Chinese regulatory changes has given local investors jitters and hit Australasian infant formula and health supplement stocks.

Shares pounded amid China food import crackdown

Infant formula and health supplement firms are taking a sharemarket pounding today.

Key heads to China for trade agreement 'upgrade'

Prime Minister John Key will visit China this month to discuss the free trade agreement between the two countries.

Plight of 'leftover women'

A heartbreaking Chinese beauty ad aims to empower young unmarried women who are branded as "sheng nu", or "leftover women."

China's body-shaming Internet memes

Internet memes can start anywhere and spread everywhere: That's exactly what makes them so wonderful.

NZ skincare range signs multi-million China deal

The range of New Zealand skincare products will be distributed by China's largest traditional medicine company.

Boy's incredible survival in 90m well

WATCH: Moment a dazed and dusty boy is rescued from terror in deep well.

Vincent Matthews: Nixon and China - has much changed?

Nixon and Kissinger's diplomacy would now be seen as capitulation, writes Vincent Matthews.

Phantom goods disguise billions in China illicit money

A steep rise in China's reported imports from Hong Kong has raised concerns that trade invoices are being manipulated to get capital.

South China's bridge revolution

The bridge between Macau and Hong Kong is slated for completion in 2017.

Watch: Toddler survives fall from van

A terrifying video has emerged from China of the moment a young child fell out of the boot of a moving vehicle onto the road.

Chinese company builds autonomous drone

DJI's newest drone is commercializing technology that only recently was being tested in university labs.

Two wrong ways to think about China's economy

Western writers tend to subscribe -- explicitly or implicitly -- to one of two folk theories of China. Both have serious deficiencies.

China at heart of N Korea's illicit cash

For decades North Korea has built networks of front companies and foreign intermediaries to channel currency in and out.

China deploys missiles onto disputed island

It seems China has ripped a page out of Russia's playbook.

7000 sit exam for art school place

Nearly 7000 aspiring artists packed into a convention centre to fight for a place at a Chinese art university.