Jennifer Hewett of The Australian Financial Review reports: I am en route to Shenyang, a city of 12 million people, in north-east China. En route at about 300km/h, that is.

Jennifer Hewett of The Australian Financial Review reports: I am in my hotel room half-listening to CNN when the tv screen suddenly goes blank. I put it down to a technical glitch.

Lisa Martin of Australian Associated Press reports: Could Australian cows help end China's national embarrassment on the soccer field?

Five Australian journalists are visiting China to explore the economic relationship and broader social, cultural and political ties between China and Australia.

Talkback is the backbone of Australian radio, and a group of Australian volunteers are working to help Timor-Leste’s community stations start their own conversations.

Jennifer Hewett of The Australian Financial Review reports: The cranes seem to hover over almost every street, alongside the massive apartment blocks and office towers under constant construction.

Jennifer Hewett of The Australian Financial Review reports: There are hiccups aplenty in the vision of a fast expanding market for quality Australian wines.

Ten journalists from Indonesia are visiting the APJC for a professional development program on reporting the economy and environmental sustainability.

The APJC is calling for applications from Australian journalists for the second China Australia Journalist Exchange: “Exploring the China-Australia economic relationship”. The dates of the program are 19-28 October 2014, and applications close on 5 September 2014.

Tiriseyani Naulivou, from Fiji, spent three months working at the Asia Pacific Journalism Centre, assisting with the program: Women, media and economic literacy in the Pacific. Here she talks about what she learned from the experience.