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China log demand is steady and positive while it is soft from India. But reduced sawmill capacity locally and modest demand has seen prices hold up as capacity is better utilised

China log demand is steady and positive while it is soft from India. But reduced sawmill capacity locally and modest demand has seen prices hold up as capacity is better utilised

Twenty years ago, China bet big on electric vehicles. Now Western carmakers are feeling the pain, Timothy Minchin & Michelle Shu Wun Kuek say

Twenty years ago, China bet big on electric vehicles. Now Western carmakers are feeling the pain, Timothy Minchin & Michelle Shu Wun Kuek say

Jim O'Neill pushes back on the common view that the world's two superpowers always call the shots

Jim O'Neill pushes back on the common view that the world's two superpowers always call the shots

David Mahon finds Chinese development like crossing a river while feeling the stones. China's objectives on the far bank remain clear, but the water level is now higher, the current stronger, and the stones beneath harder to locate

David Mahon finds Chinese development like crossing a river while feeling the stones. China's objectives on the far bank remain clear, but the water level is now higher, the current stronger, and the stones beneath harder to locate

Alistair Crozier of the New Zealand China Council explores China's AI world

Alistair Crozier of the New Zealand China Council explores China's AI world

Recent sharpish devaluation of NZ dollar expected to provide some relief for forest owner exporters in July after June's price reductions

Recent sharpish devaluation of NZ dollar expected to provide some relief for forest owner exporters in July after June's price reductions

How Taiwan is balancing between American and Chinese visions of energy dominance

How Taiwan is balancing between American and Chinese visions of energy dominance

China-based business consultant David Mahon says New Zealand could be risking its trade relationship by pandering to the United States’ security concerns

China-based business consultant David Mahon says New Zealand could be risking its trade relationship by pandering to the United States’ security concerns

Four NZ MPs banned from China for visiting Taiwan, Winston Peters instructs officials to 'express concern'

Four NZ MPs banned from China for visiting Taiwan, Winston Peters instructs officials to 'express concern'

China's log market in rough balance, India pulls back, while some evidence exporters are having to absorb some of the higher freight costs. Domestic demand for logs firmer after local capacity shutdowns

China's log market in rough balance, India pulls back, while some evidence exporters are having to absorb some of the higher freight costs. Domestic demand for logs firmer after local capacity shutdowns

David Mahon summarises the outcomes of the recent US-China summit in Beijing from his unique Beijing-based perspective

David Mahon summarises the outcomes of the recent US-China summit in Beijing from his unique Beijing-based perspective

Stephen Jacobi says the lesson for New Zealand from today’s uncertain world is that resilience matters

Stephen Jacobi says the lesson for New Zealand from today’s uncertain world is that resilience matters

Trump‑Xi summit will be no ‘Nixon in China’ moment – that they are talking is enough for now, Rana Mitter says

Trump‑Xi summit will be no ‘Nixon in China’ moment – that they are talking is enough for now, Rana Mitter says

Supply and demand for logs being suppressed by uncertainties around how international log markets will react to higher fuel costs, and about the viability of local construction projects

Supply and demand for logs being suppressed by uncertainties around how international log markets will react to higher fuel costs, and about the viability of local construction projects

Raf Manji says 'the Trump Shock' has exposed a structural gap in the global financial architecture and China is the only country with the capacity to help fill these gaps

Raf Manji says 'the Trump Shock' has exposed a structural gap in the global financial architecture and China is the only country with the capacity to help fill these gaps