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Quick-thinking neighbours save pair from balcony fall
A young woman is stopped from falling from her apartment in China.

Hua Dong: Difficult road to win back Chinese trust
New Zealand's 100 per cent Pure image is suddenly being questioned by its loyal Chinese customers, writes Hua Dong.

Workers sent home over label error
An error with carton labels which stopped meat getting into China has led to about 240 workers being temporarily out of their jobs at a South Island freezing works.

Unofficial formula trade 'ticking bomb'
Questions remain over the status of potentially contaminated Karicare infant formula sold through unofficial channels in China, despite Fonterra's assertions that all products affected by its botulism scare have been contained.

Chinese look at own industry
Chinese consumers haven't been mincing their words over the Fonterra botulism debacle this week.

Graphic coverage in China
Daily newspapers in China have held nothing back in dealing to New Zealand over Fonterra's tainted milk powder crisis.

Fonterra fallout spreads
Sri Lanka is the latest country to order an immediate suspension of New Zealand milk powder imports over botulism fears from contaminated Fonterra products.

Key prepared to head to China
Prime Minister John Key says he is prepared to fly to China if he needs to in the wake of the Fonterra whey contamination scandal.

100% Pure 'festering sore' - China media
Leaky homes, free market devotion and a 'festering sore' of a tourism campaign - New Zealand is coming under fire in the state-sanctioned Chinese media.

Formula still online in China
Potentially dangerous Karicare infant formula remained on sale in China's massive online "grey market" last night.

China's central bank leads reform
Nobody can accuse the People's Bank of China, China's central bank, of being gun-shy.

China's plight a challenge for NZ
The challenge for New Zealand will be how to manage while the economies of its two biggest trading partners are slowing during continued strength in the Kiwi dollar

Premature NZ baby stuck in China
An Auckland couple are fighting to bring their sick baby home after she was born three months early on a stopover in China.

Death toll in China quake rises to 89
Rescuers with shovels and sniffer dogs combed through collapsed hillsides as the death toll rose to 89 from a strong earthquake in a farming region of northwest China.

Larry Williams: We need Chinese
It's been a while since I was last in Shanghai and the transformation has been stunning. The skyscrapers are taller.

Raped girl's mum says fight far from over
A Chinese mother locked up in a labour camp for demanding justice over the rape, kidnap and prostitution of her 11-year-old daughter said this week that her battle against the authorities was far from over.

Sin City East - the gambling mecca of Macau
The gambling mecca of Macau now handles more wagers than all US-based commercial casinos put together.

Scandal forces museum full of fakes to shut down
A Chinese museum has been forced to close after claims that its 40,000-strong collection of supposedly ancient relics was almost entirely composed of fakes.

Kiwi 'treated like animal' on China trip
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.

Kiwi claims he was tortured in China
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.

Shanghai court rules against Zespri subsidary
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.

China: A soft spot for sizzled spaniel
Derek Cheng challenges himself and sets a new personal best for culinary repugnancy.

Dita De Boni: All eyes on powder profits
What happens to NZ if China's mothers decide breast is best?