China's Communist party has struggled for 2.5 years to decide what to do with Liu Zhijun, the high-speed rail supremo who embezzled $635 million.

Luxury steps up to new high-tech levels at a renowned Hong Kong institution.

China is making up for lost time on the fairways with the most opulent courses you've ever seen, writes James Ihaka.

Kris Shannon and Andrew Koubaridis get suited and booted in China.

We still don't know whether the freeze-up of China's interbank market last week was a hiccup or a foreshock.

A peek behind the scenes at Cathay Pacific's kitchens fascinates Shandelle Battersby.

Paul Rush experiences courtyard cuisine in the back streets of Beijing.

Hong Kong-based adman Keith Smith has been in and out of China for 20 years. Nobody - Chinese or Westerners - would have guessed in the mid-1990s that the consumer and advertising market would explode the way it has, Smith says.

Widespread fears of a flood of Asian investment and a Chinese farm-buying spree are misplaced - Australia is the largest overseas investor in New Zealand.

I've learned over my 30-plus years of driving to be very careful about the blind spot behind my right shoulder because the mirrors I usually rely on don't show me everything, says Bernard Hickey.

Emerging markets like India and China are becoming just as frustrated with international corporate tax rules as developed economies, says a KPMG partner.

It remains an area crying out for regulatory oversight in case missteps by smaller players screw the market for our champions, writes Fran O'Sullivan.

As Fonterra China Farms general manager Nicola Morris sums up, it is about taking the best of Kiwi ingenuity and farming systems.

When the US charged into Afghanistan in 2001 in hot pursuit of Al Qaeda, analysts sought deeper explanations for the Bush Administration's foray into the nation that humbled British and Russian arms.

Chinese TV has put the heat on NZ's lucrative infant formula industry, raising concerns that our reputation for high-quality food products may have taken a hit.

The pair behind the failed Crafar Farms bid could lose millions of dollars worth of real estate in Auckland and rural Manawatu.

New Zealand officials are in talks with their Chinese counterparts over making New Zealand dollars directly convertible with Chinese renminbi.

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

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.