Forty years on : New Zealand-China relations : then, now and in the years to come : a digest of the proceedings of the 40th anniversary symposia held in Wellington and Beijing, September and December 2012 / editor by Chris Elder.

Includes bibliographical references.

Part 1: Recognition and the growth of the political relationship. The beginnings. The growing relationship. Managing the relationship -- Part 2: Trade and economic ties. The growth in two-way trade. The view from the sharp end. The China-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement. The investment conundrum -- Part 3: The peoples and the cultures. The information gap. Cultural diplomacy. New Zealand's Chinese community -- Part 4: New Zealand and China in the Asia-Pacific region. The regional context. The South Pacific -- Part 5: The next forty years. China rising. Keeping up. Difficult foreign policy choices.