The year of the pig has started off in an interesting fashion. The possibility of tension between New Zealand and China that existed for most […]

2018 has been an interesting year to say the least. On the one hand, New Zealand is continuing to get closer to China economically through with […]

Things haven’t been friendly between the world’s two largest economies. For the first time ever, China and the USA failed to release a formal leader’s declaration […]

If you know, you know that Asian New Zealanders have been going through a bit of a moment recently. The reason? A Facebook group called “subtle asian […]

China this, China that. Readers of this newsletter are probably well versed on China. But what does the average New Zealander think? Well thankfully, the […]

This month sees the release of Crazy Rich Asians, the first major Hollywood film in twenty-five years to feature an all-Asian cast. While we are the […]

The Prime Minister has had a baby! (congratulations). This means that everyone’s (as in, 7.2% of the population’s) favourite populist uncle Winston Peters is now […]

How much do you think you know about Asia? You may have gone to Hong Kong last year, ate Chinese takeaways in the weekend and […]

Last week we gained our first major insight into the new government’s perspective on China when Jacinda Ardern spoke at the China Business Summit. The summit was […]

Back in the 19th century after the gold-rush finished, the first Chinese-New Zealanders moved from the goldfields to the city and into different occupations. Many […]