Elaine Yu

You’ve read about China’s price wars, but what do consumers think & how are they impacted? While falling prices may seem appealing, there are hidden costs esp. in a deflationary context: shrinking revenues, lower quality, less innovation, wages & jobs taking a hit. Read more:

I’m thrilled to share I've joined the stellar team at @CNBCi as a China reporter. Let’s talk trade, economy, tech, biz, finance, geopolitics and more. Reach out at elaine.yu@cnbc.com or look out for a message from me!

Exporters in countries like Bangladesh are facing canceled orders and upended livelihoods. “We are one of the poorest countries on God’s earth. What have we done to deserve the wrath of the United States of America?” bloomberg.com/news/features/…

Weeks before Zelensky said men from China are fighting for Russia, a tenacious Chinese journalist spoke to one. For NPR, I interviewed Chai Jing (months after I first tried to contact her for another story). npr.org/2025/04/11/g-s…

Today I was fired from the Wall Street Journal. This is my statement:

Before leaving Hong Kong and fearing arrest, Rowena He did what she felt no historian should have to do: shredding her students' papers & wiping her hard drive. Story by me about a prominent scholar of Tiananmen & political exile now shunned by the city wsj.com/world/china/sh…

Internal Binance investigators found that DWF manipulated YGG and at least six other tokens and made over $300 million in wash trades in 2023, company insiders say. Soon after, Binance fired its head investigator. From @AABerwick and @yuenok wsj.com/finance/curren…

@jingyanghk Thank you, Jing

Elaine and I worked on the same team and we survived the gruesome Beijing Winter Olympics ‘bubble’ together. She’s a talented, resourceful reporter and a beautiful writer. Hire her.

@AntAFP @AFP Thanks so much, Ant!

Honored to be part of the @WSJ team -- @yuenok @RebeccaYFeng @ByChunHan @Westyhk @patrick1barta -- named as a finalist in the Society of Publishers in Asia @sopasia #Excellence in Business Reporting category. "Inside China's Crackdown" wsj.com/world/asia/hon…

A search of a court database turned up 37 cases of foreign nationals hit with exit bans. Lawyers say the real number is much higher, and academics have found 150+ cases—including new data disclosed by the U.S. embassy in Beijing under a FOIA request. wsj.com/world/china/ch…

Other cases: -A Taiwanese restaurant owner in a share ownership dispute with his German co-owner -An Iranian businessman who owed an employee $7,000 -A US national who claimed he'd left his role but was still listed as the company's legal rep when it was sued for missed payments

We looked into the use of exit bans in China, and found that most aren’t applied to those accused of a crime but to those involved in civil litigation, usually business disputes. By @RebeccaYFeng & me wsj.com/world/china/ch…

Police watch over book talks, shows have been canceled, and people wonder how far a new national security law will reach into their lives—We looked at how Hong Kong's character is changing bit by bit as a crackdown on dissent marches on. With @selina_cheng wsj.com/world/china/cl…

China’s dealmaking slump has already hurt Wall Street banks. Now, lawyers are feeling the pain. wsj.com/business/now-l… via @WSJ w/@yuenok

"China’s ruling Communist Party wants the country’s young people to be ambitious, work hard and prepare for adversity. Li Jiajia just wants to win the lottery." Read this great story about the Chinese youth via @shenlulushen wsj.com/world/china/am…

@RebeccaYFeng High US interest rates also mean many are holding money in cash deposits and not trading as much (or borrowing to trade). It used to be normal for some clients in Asia to borrow 50-60% more than their assets, helping private bankers make money from both loans and trading fees.

Wealthy investors in China had a reputation for taking risks, using margin loans to buy shares and plowing money into junk bonds. That's changed. @RebeccaYFeng and I looked into how China's slowdown has become a problem for Wall Street's private banks. wsj.com/finance/bankin…

Democracy activist Agnes Chow was known for protesting patriotic education in Hong Kong more than a decade ago. This year, she was escorted to mainland China by national security police to go on a patriotic education tour before fleeing her home city. wsj.com/world/china/ac…