Fairfax Business, 17 September 2015 New Zealand business leaders will to try get a handle on China’s stuttering economy at forums being held in Beijing and Shanghai next week. More than 60 business, community and… Read More
The New Zealand Herald, 21 September 2015 Regulatory niggles facing exporters and an upgrade to New Zealand’s free trade agreement with China will be among the issues discussed at a trade forum in Beijing this… Read More
When China’s stock market stumbles, despite its small size and the fact that it does not reflect the core Chinese economy, world markets fall. International stock markets ascribe too great an importance to… Read More
New Zealand Chinese Language Week (NZCLW) is a Kiwi-driven initiative that aims to increase Chinese language learning in New Zealand. The initiative is the first of its kind in any Western country and emerged in… Read More
New Zealand China Council Chair Sir Don McKinnon interviewed on Guangdong TV about enhancing New Zealand China relations Watch the interview here: http://v.qq.com/boke/page/b/0/j/b0160esp34j.html… Read More
China is not a single market. Beijing offers different opportunities than Shanghai, in turn a different market than the inland city of Chengdu. This animation highlights how two of the main drivers of demand, urban… Read More
Cathy Quinn, Executive Board Member of the New Zealand China Council and Chair of Minter Ellison Rudd Watts discusses current ties between China and New Zealand on CCTV America. Read More
New Zealand China Council Chair Sir Don McKinnon spoke at the Fourth Global Think Tank Summit, hosted by the China Centre for International Economic Exchanges in Beijing last month. Attended by representatives from more than… Read More
The debate around what to do about Auckland property, and the role of non-resident buyers in driving up prices, has started to gather considerable heat in recent weeks. In the last few days the focus… Read More
New Zealand is far from alone in having a red hot property market. Headlines in Australia, Britain and Canada paint a strikingly similar picture to our own, and many of the causes are very familiar. Read More
New Zealand Ambassador to China from 2009 – 2015, Carl Worker discusses our relationship with China, the collective Chinese psyche and why protocol and business cards are so useful. Read… Read More
Every time I visit in China I sense energy, positivity and aspiration. I find it invigorating and refreshing, despite the smog, dirt and environmental issues that are unavoidable in a country undergoing rapid… Read More
On 17 June 2015 Trade and Investment Minister Andrew Robb and Chinese Commerce Minister Gao Hucheng signed the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement in Canberra. In a ceremony held at Parliament House on 17… Read More
China is one of New Zealand’s top trading partners, yet it is ranked 96th in the world for overall ‘ease of doing business’, according to the World Bank Ease of Doing Business Report 2014. Whilst… Read More
Entries for the 2015 New Zealand China Council Media Awards are now open. Four prizes of $1,000 will be awarded for reporting on the New Zealand China relationship in the following categories:… Read More
New Zealand China Council Executive Director Pat English was interviewed on WTV about the need for New Zealand to increase Chinese language learning at the secondary school level. Read More
Shanghai stock market has soared 68% in the past six months despite the concerns of some economists. ‘Young and fabulous,’ it says on the teenager’s T-shirt, in big gold letters. If it is meant to… Read More
One of the things I love most about China is that whenever you see a traffic jam there’s always an old bloke on an impossibly rickety bicycle picking his way through the chaos. It doesn’t… Read More
China’s economic growth is slowing. By how much and to what extent this will affect New Zealand is not easy to work out. With that in mind I am heading up to Shanghai and Beijing… Read More
Former Prime Minister Jenny Shipley wants New Zealand firms to take advantage of her appointment to the board of the Boao Forum, which is made up of global political and commercial leaders, to seek business… Read More
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