China

From China trade wars and tensions with Australia and the United States, to conflict in the South China Sea, get all your news updates.

Motoring

Former Ford Australia chief engineer, now head of Ford vehicle development in Asia Pacific, Trevor Worthington, unveils the Australian designed and engineered Ford Everest in Beijing China.

Look, first Aussie car made in China

AS the Australian car manufacturing industry ends by 2018, here’s a glimpse of the future. A car designed, engineered in Australia is built in China.

Leaders

Obama’s embarrassing China blunder

IT’S a simple habit the President just can’t kick, but it’s landed him in hot water in China after many took it to be a serious sign of disrespect.

Leaders

Jack Ma, left, executive chairman of Alibaba Group, watches the Los Angeles Lakers play the Houston Rockets during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Why Jack’s unhappy with his $28 billion

WOULD you be happy with a $28 billion bounty? China’s richest man, Jack Ma, is finding it all too much to deal with.

Australian Dollar

Australian dollar lower

THE Australian dollar has fallen to a one-week low as worries about economic growth in China and Japan escalate.

Motoring

The most painful parking fail you’ll ever see

IF YOU thought you were having a bad day, spare a thought for this driver busted on CCTV in what has to be the most painful reverse out of a parking space we’ve seen.

National

Five schooners of beer seen in Sydney with a new study that has been done shows how drinking five schooners affects top class athletes performance in their sport.

The beers that changed Australia

Former PM Gough Whitlam and other Labor figures weighed up Australia’s relationship with China in a very Aussie way — over a few beers at the pub.

Animals

In this Sept. 22, 2014 photo provided by the Wildlife Conservation Society, grizzly bear Veronica is shown at the Bronx Zoo in New York. Veronica, along with grizzly bear Betty, will be relocating to the Central Park Zoo in November. (AP Photo/Wildlife Conservation Society, Julie Larsen Maher)

Bear bites off boy’s arm

A BEAR in central China has bit off the arm of a nine-year-old boy who tried to feed it through its cage.

Asia

CREDIT: AUSTRALSCOPE ONLINE USE ONLY A woman accused of sleeping with another woman's husband was stripped naked and beaten senseless in broad daylight in China as passers-by watched on. It is only the latest in a number of similar incidents in which it seems there is placid acceptance in Chinese society of such humiliation, as long as the victim is seen as deserving in having caused a man to cheat on his partner. On this occasion, accused Lin Yao Li, 38, was ambushed by four women as she walked home from the shops in the city of Puyang in eastern China’s Henan Province.

Woman stripped naked and bashed

THIS woman, accused of sleeping with a taken man, was brutally beaten in a busy shopping centre as passers-by watched on. WARNING: Graphic images

Finance

A young boy uses an iPhone to take photos in Tiananmen Square in Beijing on September 30, 2014. Apple said on September 30 it will begin selling its latest iPhones in China from October 17 after the Chinese regulator pressed the US giant to improve personal data security to gain approval. AFP PHOTO/Greg BAKER

Great leap forward: China overtakes US

MOVE over America, there’s a new sheriff in town. China has overtaken the United States to become the world’s largest economy. Well, sort of.

Technology

China hacking prodigy ‘here to help’

A 12-year-old Chinese ‘hacking prodigy’ who broke into his school’s system and a shopping website says he only wants to help.

Asia

HONG KONG - SEPTEMBER 30: A protester sleeps on the streets outside the Hong Kong Government Complex at sunrise on September 30, 2014 in Hong Kong, Hong Kong. Thousands of pro democracy supporters have remained in the streets of Hong Kong for another day of protests. Protestors are unhappy with Chinese government's plans to vet candidates in Hong Kong's 2017 elections. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)

The massive dilemma facing a superpower

IT’S shaping up to be a massive headache. How does a state obsessed with secrecy and control deal with mass protests that have captured the world’s attention?

World

TOPSHOTS Protestors and student demonstrators hold up their cellphones in a display of solidarity during a protest outside the headquarters of Legislative Council in Hong Kong on September 29, 2014. Hong Kong has been plunged into the worst political crisis since its 1997 handover as pro-democracy activists take over the streets following China's refusal to grant citizens full universal suffrage. AFP PHOTO / XAUME OLLEROS

What protests? Here’s what China sees

AS THE world watches the extraordinary images coming out of Hong Kong, Chinese residents are getting a heavily censored version of the news.

Censorship

Police officers stand guard during clashes with pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong on September 28, 2014. Police fired tear gas as tens of thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators brought parts of central Hong Kong to a standstill on September 28, in a dramatic escalation of protests that have gripped the semi-autonomous Chinese city for days. It marked a dramatic escalation of protests in the city, which rarely sees such violence, after a tense week of largely contained student-led demonstrations exploded into mass angry street protests. AFP PHOTO / XAUME OLLEROS

What’s China trying to hide?

THE CHINESE government is blocking Instagram and censoring local social media in an effort to hide what’s happening to mainland China.

Business Technology

Female hands holding a brown parcel. Isolated on a white background.

What’s the hottest contraband in China?

AN ITEM more than 10 million people take for granted has become the hottest contraband in China. But now the government is cracking down.

Asia

HONG KONG - SEPTEMBER 28: Riot police stand guard outside of Hong Kon Government Building on September 28, 2014 in Hong Kong. Thousands of people kicked off Occupy Central by taking over Connaught Road, one of the major highway in Hong Kong, in protest against Beijing's conservative framework for political reform. (Photo by Anthony Kwan/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX ***

What Hong Kongers fear the most

AS VIOLENT clashes between riot police and citizens paralysed one of the world’s financial hubs, there is one dark fear terrifying residents in Hong Kong.

tas

Wrest Point staff who did the China training, bar supervisor Lauren Morrison, left, trainer Richard Beere, human resources Ella Paine, front of house Luke Mathyssen and head chef Andre Kropp

All welcomes point to China

HOSPITALITY staff around Tasmania are undergoing training to get China-ready.

Careers

No one wants to hire Virgos

IMAGINE being turned down for a job not because of your skills or experience, but your star sign. It sounds crazy, but this really happens.

Leaders

NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 19: Founder and Executive Chairman of Alibaba Group Jack Ma (L) attends the company's initial price offering (IPO) at the New York Stock Exchange on September 19, 2014 in New York City. The New York Times reported yesterday that Alibaba had raised $21.8 Billion in their initial public offering so far. Andrew Burton/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

From $20 a month to $28.1 billion

HE’S the tech billionaire who just became China’s richest man – but he admits he knows nothing about computers. How did this eccentric billionaire do it?

XBOX

Video game fans play Microsoft's video game console

Game on: China to get Xbox One

US technology giant Microsoft will launch its Xbox One in China on September 29, becoming the first game console to enter the market in 14 years.

Business Technology

NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 19: Founder and Executive Chairman of Alibaba Group Jack Ma attends the company's initial price offering (IPO) at the New York Stock Exchange on September 19, 2014 in New York City. The New York Times reported yesterday that Alibaba had raised $21.8 Billion in their initial public offering so far. Andrew Burton/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

10 things to know about Alibaba

ALIBABA is the biggest name in business and technology in the world at the moment. So what are the essential facts you need to know?

Business Technology

Lenovo Yoga Tablet lifestyle images - the tablet has a distinctive design which is supposed to make it easier to use in hold, tilt and stand modes

The new Silicon Valley

THE likes of Facebook, Twitter and Apple may call Silicon Valley home. But a new breed of players has seen the tech power base shift far away.

Mobile Phones

A woman looks at her mobile phone as she walks past an Apple iPhone 5 poster outside a store in Beijing on September 11, 2013. Apple's lower-cost iPhone 5C will retail for more than 700 USD in China, putting it out of reach of most consumers and raising questions over the firm's ability to build sales in the world's biggest mobile market. AFP PHOTO / WANG ZHAO

An end to the most annoying mobile habit

PEDESTRIANS glued to their mobiles instead of looking where they’re going have become a real hazard. Can a special lane fix the problem?

Apple

iPhone cancer cluster killing workers

THERE could be a darker side to Apple’s new gadgets. Five workers at one of the world’s biggest iPhone factories are dead, and eight others gravely ill.

Censorship

Behind China’s web of censorship

TENS of thousands of censors sifting through post after post, looking to crush dissent. But what they keep and what they delete may surprise you.

tas

China trade links to blossom

SORELL Fruit Farm owner Bob Hardy is hoping to learn more about social media on his trip to China.

tas

78-year-old type 1 diabetic Kathleen Wordsworth, from Beaconsfield will be cycling around China in October to raise money to help other people with diabetes. She'll ride up to 70km a day on the trip and he trains by riding about 8km three times a week.

Saddled up for diabetes

KATHLEEN Wordsworth, 78, is heading off on a charity bike ride around China next month.

Media

The social network making users rich

WITH 100 million active monthly users and a market value of $5.1 billion, one video sharing site is taking China by storm — and turning some into online stars.

Manufacturing