China

Budget Battles

  • Why Rich Chinese Want to Leave Their Country

    By Robert Frank, CNBC

    Nearly half of Chinese millionaires plan to move out of the country in the next five years—a flight that could add to worries over the country's economy, as more money moves offshore rather than...

  • Alibaba, Big Valuation and All, Still a Big Question Mark

    By JESSICA TOONKEL, Reuters

    When Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding revealed plans earlier this year to go public on a U.S. stock exchange, financial advisers like Bob Mecca in Hoffman Estate, Illinois braced...

  • Meat, Fruit, Vegetables

    The High Cost of Droughts Around the World

    By Mark Koba, CNBC

    The U.S. is hardly alone when it comes to drought. A worldwide weather phenomenon threatens the future of water and food supplies, as well as the global economy, experts say. Colombia, Pakistan,...

  • Three Wise Ways NATO Can Make the World Safer

    By Joseph Cirincione, Defense One

    It will be impossible for the NATO summit to live up to the expectations set for it. But there are steps that NATO can and likely will take beyond strongly-worded proclamations. Here are three...

  • Four Ways NATO Could Affect the Ukraine Crisis

    By John Deni, Defense One

    In just under two months, NATO heads of state will gather in Wales for their next summit meeting, which comes at a critical time for European security given Russia’s annexation of Crimea. It wasn’t...