Chinese ratings agency ranks NZ highly
A Chinese firm trying to compete with the big three ratings agencies has ranked New Zealand seventh best credit risk in a list of 50 countries. For the full story, click here
$25.3m raised by biofuel firm
New Zealand biofuel entrepreneur LanzaTech has raised a further US$18 million ($25.3 million) from investors, led by a venture capital company targeting China. For the full store, click here
Chinese venture capital score for LanzaTech
Auckland-based clean technology company LanzaTech announced today that it has secured $US18m from investors led by Chinese venture capital firm Qiming Ventures. For the full story, click here
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New Zealand may find itself economic toast if it doesn't get a comprehensive China strategy together - and fast. For the full story, click here
China's booming economy starts to slow
BEIJING - China's rapid economic growth is slowing as the impact of its massive stimulus eases and Beijing clamps down on a credit boom. For the full story, click here
Defanging China's growth
DON’T paint a snake with legs, the Chinese will say, when someone is in danger of spoiling something by overdoing it. For months China’s policymakers have been trying to slow the country’s economy, which grew venomously in the year to the first quarter. The fear is that policymakers will overdo it, spoiling...
American companies prepare for end of cheap made-in-China era
Factory workers demanding better wages and working conditions are hastening the eventual end of an era of cheap costs that helped make southern coastal China the world's factory floor. For the full story, click here
John Key interview on NZ and China
On Friday night in Shanghai Guyon Espiner sat down with Prime Minister John Key. Now last year while other markets shrank, our exports to China grew by 43% and effectively this increase saved us from the global recession. Guyon began by asking John Key whether China was now our economic saviour. For the full...
Why we all need to learn Mandarin
Dave Dobbyn's Welcome Home song and video is one of the best signposts of how New Zealand has changed over the last decade. It celebrates a more open, more inclusive New Zealand that looks outward more than it looks inward. It has a generosity of spirit that I think is one of New Zealand's best national attributes in the...
Pandering to China on Key agenda
Prime Minister John Key will launch his own version of "Panda diplomacy" in Beijing today. Key is well-versed in financial swap arrangements. It's inevitable his, "My two kiwis for your vastly discounted pair of pandas" will provide welcome respite for the travelling media party after a couple of days...
Chinese IPO may be world's biggest
BEIJING - Agricultural Bank of China is raising at least US$19.2 billion ($27.7 billion) in what may become the world's biggest initial public offering. For the full story click here
Key aims to double trade with China
Prime Minister John Key has arrived in Beijing and wants to get an agreement to double New Zealand's trade with China within five years. Two-way trade between the two countries is currently $10 billion annually. To read the full story click here
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