China

Forbes magazine predicted the demise of New Zealand's economy last year. With China on the decline are we to follow? We ask economist Bernard Hickey Audio

Nervousness about sharp falls on China's stock market has led to selling on New Zealand's bourse. Audio

The suspension of trading on the New York Stock exchange comes as stocks nose dive in China and Greece continues to haggle with European creditors over another economic rescue package. Audio

China's sharemarket rout gathered pace again yesterday after the eyewatering amounts of Government cash allocated to prop up stocks over the weekend failed to staunch the bleeding. Audio

Chinese stocks have continued to fall sharply, despite a raft of government measures to restore calm. Audio

China's shares plunged again yesterday, despite emergency measures to arrest their decline. Audio

A series of drastic measures put in place by the Chinese government to help stop the country's stock markets slump has had only limited success so far. Audio

China is attempting to prop up its plunging stock markets, as fears spread the meltdown could threaten the world's second largest economy. Audio

Chinese scientists are investigating an age old belief that animals can help predict earthquakes. Audio

Listening to that was Economic Development Minister, Steven Joyce Audio

While the world's attention has been focused on Greece's financial woes, China's sharemarket has been plunging and its wider economy slowing markedly from the cracking pace in recent years. Audio

A 4m high wooden figure holding a bright yellow umbrella became a symbol for the thousands of Hong Kong protesters last year. Umbrella Man led to the Umbrella Movement, referring to the canopies… Audio

News from the Asian region with our correspondent Financial Times Beijing Bureau chief, Jamil Anderlini. Audio

There's been mixed reaction in China to news of last week's share market nose-dive, when stocks on mainland exchanges plunged by up to 13 percent. Audio

Martin Ford's the author of "Rise of the Robots" (Basic Books). He thinks that China's reliance on industrial robots could pose some problems for the global economy. Audio

The Government has been asked how come a Chinese website is advertising swamp kauri logs for sale, when their export is illegal. Audio

Now to the China where economists at its central bank are predicting a pick-up in economic activity in the second half of the year. Audio

New Zealand's involvement in a bank that China is setting up to counter the American-backed World Bank and International Monetary Fund is being viewed as a strategic move. Audio

New Zealand has agreed to become a founding member of a bank that China is setting up as a counter-weight to the American-backed World Bank and International Monetary Fund. Audio