Yvonne Lau

Yvonne Lau is a Hong Kong-based writer covering Asia's financial markets, with a focus on IPOs, fintech, crypto, and China. Prior to joining Fortune, Yvonne covered commercial re/insurance markets for InsuranceAsia News and worked for Thomson Reuters and The Economist. She speaks English, Russian, Cantonese, and Mandarin. She's an ambassador for Women LEAD Nepal and a former committee chair at the Canadian Chamber of Commerce. An Alberta native, Yvonne studied political science at the University of Calgary. Follow all of Yvonne's stories here.

Features
Chipmaker TSMC needs to hire 4,500 Americans at its new Arizona plants. Its ‘brutal’ corporate culture is getting in the way
BYYvonne Lau
Companies
The making of Binance’s CZ: An exclusive look at the forces that shaped crypto’s most powerful founder
BYJeff John Roberts and Yvonne Lau
Millennials and Gen Z are blaming Putin for intensifying Russia’s baby shortfall: ‘It’s pretty bad for us’
BYYvonne Lau
‘We are determined to go on’: Russia is using Ukraine’s brutal winter as a powerful weapon but businesses aren’t giving up
BYYvonne Lau
‘Once-in-a-lifetime opportunity’: How a mass lockdown at the world’s biggest iPhone factory is India’s big chance to beat out China as Apple’s favorite supplier
BYYvonne Lau
In an effort to wean itself off Russia’s energy, the EU is running into the arms of another dictator
BYYvonne Lau

What does Xi’s third term hold for women in China? It’s been bad for 15 years already, but experts say it could get worse
BYYvonne Lau
Magazine
Collisions and close calls: The e-bike boom is getting increasingly dangerous, creating a push for stricter cycling rules
BYYvonne Lau
China’s millennials and Gen Z are falling out of love with consumerism and fueling a new ‘frugal living’ social media movement as reality bites
BYYvonne Lau
Features
Fast-fashion pioneer Forever 21 has a new CEO and is betting its post-bankruptcy comeback on in-person shopping
BYYvonne Lau
Meta shuts down ‘influence operations’ from Russia and China that sought to influence Western public opinion on U.S. politicians and war in Ukraine
BYYvonne Lau
Politics
The Russian economy will ‘die by winter’ because of the ‘catastrophic consequences’ of the military mobilization, a top Russian economist warns
BYYvonne Lau
China’s Generation ‘DINK’—double income, no kids—is feeding a demographic time bomb that threatens to upend economic stability
BYYvonne Lau
Russia is holding Europe hostage by threatening to ‘freeze’ its energy supplies. Germany just made a big move to regain control
BYYvonne Lau
Xi meets ‘old friend’ Putin for first time since early February, but raises ‘questions and concerns’ about the war
BYYvonne Lau

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