Chinese parents are becoming obsessed with giving their offspring an advantage over their young peers.

Chinese fans shelled out nearly $NZ10 billion to go to the movies, and almost two-thirds of that was spent on tickets to the hundreds of local films produced each year.

Hoi An is well known for two things - its unique heritage-listed town centre, Hoi An Ancient Town, and its cheap tailoring services.

Sophie Ryan flies SQ285 from New Zealand to Singapore.

With a six hour stopover in Hanoi, is it worth leaving the airport?

It's a firm favourite, but this destination has more to worry about than Bintang and nasi goreng.

Fewer people have seen inside this incredible place than have reached Everest's summit.

It's getting increasingly unsafe to fly in the world's fastest-growing aviation market.

A proposed booze ban in in Bali may put tourists at risk, critics warn.

Find a fisherman to drop you off at a secluded beach, writes Mauricio Olmedo-Perez.

Dragon by name and dragon by nature, this new attraction in Hunan province is sure to attract thrillseekers from around the world.

There's an uneasy alliance between humans and long-tailed macaques, discovers Jonathan Killick.

A Chinese museum has turned its beady eye on the world's great works of art, writes Rod Pascoe.

Inside the world of a Thailand elephant sanctuary on the banks of the River Kwai.

New Zealand firms need to collaborate when it comes to shipping cargo offshore.

India's Tadoba Andhari National Park is one of the few bright spots in the fight to save tigers from extinction, writes Sarah Marshall.

A knifeman has killed at least 19 people and injured 45 in Sagamihara, west of Tokyo, according to reports.

Auckland-based Buckley Systems has almost doubled its factory space to meet demand for its precision electromagnets.

Shandelle Battersby enjoys the people watching and the setting sun in Canggu.

"We are excited to welcome Pepper to the Pizza Hut family".

Packing Mumbai, Delhi, Agra and Bhutan into a week is verging on the impossible, but that's what the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge did earlier this year.

It's never 'just one drink' in Vietnam - mostly due to the insane drink specials, writes Eli Orzessek.

The vibrant capital of the Philippines has a rich history, and an exciting future.

Known for fresh powder snow and amazing scenery, Hokkaido, Japan has been named the best destination in Asia.

The golden statue at Hainan Island, China, was built to represent peace and wisdom, but the selfie-takers showed the opposite.

The world's biggest planemakers are wooing the Indian budget carrier for a potential blockbuster order worth about $12 billion.

Call it the drift economy. The world somehow manages to stay afloat yet doesn't go much of anywhere very fast.

A massive earthquake called an "active megathrust fault" is posing a genuine threat to southern Asia.

Tourists visiting Thailand are urged not to take selfies with slow loris animals after one was found with his teeth ripped out.

An exhibition in the Japanese capital is reinventing traditional aquariums of the Edo period