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  • China Business Reporter, CNN
Yangon
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Covers:  Business, political economy, and Myanmar-China relation.
Doesn't Cover: Sports, entertainment and tech.
CNN business reporter covering China, Asia & beyond | Previously @nytimes | John.Liu at cnn.com / DM for Signal

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John Liu’s Biography

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John Liu is a Yangon-based Taiwanese reporter with The Myanmar Times. He writes with a focus on Myanmar's economic and political transition. Working across departments, he covers a wide range of issues, including foreign investments, the Rohingya crisis as well as the energy industry.

His byline has also appeared in the Diplomat, the News Lens International and Hong Kong-based Chinese-languaged media Initium.

John Liu’s Journalist Portfolio

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Myanmar election campaigns overshadowed by virus and conflict

Myanmar election campaigns overshadowed by virus and conflict

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and rival party leaders formally kicked off their election campaigns on September 8 but …

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Chinese developers sweep up 1GW solar bids in Myanmar

Chinese developers sweep up 1GW solar bids in Myanmar

Chinese companies and their consortia have won the bid to build 28 out of 29 solar plants tendered by the Min…

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Myanmar ruling party sidelines outspoken Mandalay lawmakers

Myanmar ruling party sidelines outspoken Mandalay lawmakers

No official reason was given for not nominating some incumbents NLD MPs in the Mandalay state parliament. Law…

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Myanmar elections 2020: What businesses should know

Myanmar elections 2020: What businesses should know

How does a general election work in Myanmar and what happens after the vote? Myanmar will vote for representa…

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Scrutiny needed to ensure Belt and Road projects are viable, says think-tank

Scrutiny needed to ensure Belt and Road projects are viable, says think-tank

China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), seen most visibly in Myanmar through a proposed "economic corridor" b…

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UMFCCI at 100: Standing up for business, but in need of reform

UMFCCI at 100: Standing up for business, but in need of reform

As the Union of Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (UMFCCI) prepares to celebrate its ce…

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Articles

AI agents fake identities, target real people in new security incident Original

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By John Liu Verified, Hadas Gold Verified
| CNN Verified
The logo of the AI assistant "Claude Mythos" built by the US firm Anthropic displayed on a smartphone's screen in Brussels on June 10, 2026. Nicolas Tucat/AFP/Getty Images See all topics Email Link Copied! Anthropic’s most advanced artificial intelligence model used fake identities to try and deceive real people and plant malicious code during testing by Britain’s AI Security Institute (AISI) –– the latest example of an AI model going rogue.
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US buys Japanese yen as it drops to a 40-year low

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By Logan Schiciano, John Liu Verified
| KTVZ-TV (Bend, OR) Verified
By Logan Schiciano, John Liu, CNN (CNN) — The United States is buying Japanese yen as the currency dropped to a 40-year low against the dollar, a measure representing “a signal of friendship,” President Donald Trump said on Sunday. “They have a weakening yen, and they wanted a little bit of help. And we’re always there for Japan,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One.
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China’s humanoid robots have been taking over the global market. Now the US is banning them Original

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By John Liu Verified
| CNN Verified
EngineAI T800 humanoid robots are on display after rolling off the production line at a production facility in Zhengzhou, China, on July 24, 2026. VCG/Getty Images See all topics Email Link Copied! China, which supplies the vast majority of the world’s humanoid robots, has suddenly been cut off from its largest export market as the US government moves to curb its reliance on foreign technology.
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