China

A historic wooden Chinese sailing junk that crossed the Pacific in 1955 makes an even more improbable return journey after the family of its original sailors campaign to save it from the scrapheap and… Audio

To Australia now and the rout in China's stock market has cast a fresh shadow over Australia's heavyweight mining sector. Audio

The BBC's Celia Hatton has been investigating China's growing ketamine problem and the global trade in the drug. Audio

In Beijing, human rights lawyers have been paraded on television accused of corruption and fraud in a state crack down on the legal profession. Audio

The Chinese President, Xi Jinping, is offering reassurance to those worried about the state of the world's second largest economy, after the country's share market crisis made headlines around the… Audio

When Mary Taylor Previte was 9-years-old she was a girl guide doing what girls guides do, singing songs at troop meetings, earning badges and doing her best to live up to the Guide pledge. But Mary's… Audio

Rivalry between China and Taiwan for influence in the region could stiffen Nauru's resistance to pressure from New Zealand and Australia over an alleged breakdown in democracy on the island. Audio

Growth in China's economy has beaten expectations in the second quarter, but is still at the lowest levels since the global finacial crisis. Audio

An investment manager based in Beijing says Labour's use of name-based data to suggest Chinese buyers are flooding the Auckland property market risks damaging New Zealand's reputation in China. Audio

Tom Mitchell from the Financial Times in Beijing reports on China's stock market crash and the drastic action by its government to intervene. Audio

Patrick English-no relation - is the Executive Director of the New Zealand China Council. Audio

Beijing's efforts to halt a rout in Chinese stocks finally bore fruit yesterday and its market rallied. Audio

Beijing's increasingly frantic attempts to stem a stock market rout were finally rewarded yesterday when Chinese shares bounced back. Audio

China's stock's recovered some lost ground yesterday, as the Government introduced further measures to calm the markets. Audio

Now to the fear and panic on the Chinese stockmarkets. Audio

Exporters are hoping to weather China's stock-market storm in the short-term but long-term loss of confidence in China could harm sales. Audio

Chinese stocks have partially rebounded today, after shareholders with large stakes in listed firms were banned from selling. Audio