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CNBC hires Yu as China reporter

May 22, 2025

Posted by Chris Roush

Elaine Yu

CNBC has hired Elaine Yu as a China reporter, based in Hong Kong.

She left the Wall Street Journal a year ago and has been a lecturer at the University of Hong Kong.

At the Journal, Yu covered topics ranging from cryptocurrencies and casinos to business and political developments in Hong Kong and China.

She was previously a correspondent for Agence France-Presse, and has written for publications including the New York Times, the New Yorker, the Intercept and the Columbia Journalism Review. Her work has been recognized by a New York Press Club Award and named a finalist for the Mirror Awards.

Yu is a graduate of Pomona College.

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