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Elaine Yu

ARTICLES BY ELAINE YU

ALEXANDRA CITRIN-SAFADI/WSJ, ISTOCK

It only takes a $7,000 debt to end up trapped in China

7 min read . 31 Mar 2024

Lawmakers vote for Article 23 in the chamber of the Legislative Council after the conclusion of the readings of the Article 23 National Security Law, in Hong Kong on March 19, 2024. (Photo by Peter PARKS / AFP) (AFP)

Closed book stores, canceled shows: A sad silence descends on Hong Kong

5 min read . 21 Mar 2024

Now Lawyers Are Suffering From China’s Deal Slump

Now Lawyers Are Suffering From China’s Deal Slump

4 min read . 13 Mar 2024

In Beijing the authorities have taken a hard line against cryptocurrencies. (Photo: AFP/Getty Images)

Chinese gangs use cryptocurrencies to launder billions

3 min read . 02 Mar 2024

Pedestrians walk past an empty commercial property in Hong Kong. PHOTO: PETER PARKS/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES

Hong Kong Takes Drastic Action to Avert Property Slump

3 min read . 28 Feb 2024

A Hong Kong mansion linked to the founder of collapsed property company China Evergrande. (Photo: Bloomberg News)

One of the World’s Most Expensive Luxury Property Markets Is Becoming a Lot Cheaper

4 min read . 19 Feb 2024

Beijing banned crypto trading in 2021, but crypto trading remains widespread in mainland China as traders get around the rules using a mix of location-masking technology, lax exchange controls and secretive meetings in cafes and other public places.

Laundromats and VPNs: How China’s Crypto Traders Are Evading the Rules

5 min read . 18 Jan 2024

Jimmy Lai, in the white shirt, is the top target of China’s campaign to snuff out dissent in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong Dissident’s Tweets, Ties To Trump Officials Cited in National Security Trial

3 min read . 02 Jan 2024

China’s real-estate market is in a yearslong slump. Developers including China Evergrande Group have defaulted on billions of dollars of bonds. (Photo: AFP)

China’s millionaires are worried. That’s a problem for Wall Street.

6 min read . 18 Dec 2023

Simon Cheng, a former employee of the U.K.’s Hong Kong consulate, was one of five dissidents that the police issued arrest warrants for.

Hong Kong Issues Bounties for More Exiled Dissidents

3 min read . 14 Dec 2023

An advert for online brokerage Futu in Hong Kong. The company’s shares have risen more than 40% this year. PHOTO: BUDRUL CHUKRUT/SIPA PRESS/ASSOCIATED PRESS

China Shut the Door on Two Online Brokers. Then Their Stock Prices Boomed.

3 min read . 24 Oct 2023

Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks about his plans to combat racial inequality at a campaign event in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., July 28, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

U.S. Companies in China Worry Due Diligence Will End in Spy Dramas

7 min read . 05 May 2023

Chinese health official raises covid alarm ahead of Lunar New Year holiday

2 min read . 02 Jan 2023

Investors shun Macau Casinos’ bonds as tourism from China plummets

4 min read . 22 Sept 2022

Semiconductors are integral to a wide range of products, from home appliances to medical equipment and automobiles (Photo: Bloomberg)

Semiconductor shares sink as Chip stockpiles grow

3 min read . 21 Jul 2022

Cryptocurrencies have been moving in tandem with traditional markets in recent weeks, with a tendency to echo other risky assets such as stocks, albeit with even higher volatility. (Photo: iStock)

Bitcoin falls to late-2020 levels amid crypto selloff

2 min read . 13 Jun 2022

A file photo of rescuers work at the site where a China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737-800 plane, flight MU5735, crashed in Wuzhou, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China (Photo: Reuters)

China air crash report gives few new clues on Boeing 737’s fatal nosedive

3 min read . 21 Apr 2022

Investors lose taste for Chinese consumer stocks

3 min read . 02 Apr 2022

Rescuers conduct search operations at the site of a plane crash in Tengxian County in southern China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (Photo: AP)

China Eastern Plane crash: Rescuers find engine parts, hunt for second black box

3 min read . 24 Mar 2022

Rescuers work at the site where a China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737-800 plane, flight MU5735, crashed in Wuzhou, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China (Photo: Reuters)

China Eastern Airlines crash: One of plane’s black boxes is found

2 min read . 23 Mar 2022