Yvonne Lau

Yvonne Lau is a journalist and photojournalist-in-training who splits her time between Canada, China, Türkiye and Eastern Europe. She is currently the Financial Post's national technology reporter, an active freelance writer and public speaker.

Her reporting examines how market forces and geopolitical and cultural currents — from the US-China AI race to the global surge in defence spending — are reshaping communities worldwide.

Yvonne's features, profiles and photo essays can be found in global and Canadian outlets including Fortune, Forbes, Fast Company, Rest of World, The Logic, The Walrus, Maclean's, Broadview and more. Yvonne is a regular speaker and moderator at industry events such as Web Summit and ALL IN.

Her feature story and photo essay on Uyghur exiles searching for a new life in Canada was awarded the Amnesty International Canada Media Award 2025 (Local/Alternative) and received an Honourable Mention (Portrait Photography) at the National Magazine Awards 2025. Yvonne was the 2023-2024 Asia-Pacific Foundation of Canada Media Fellow. She volunteers with the Canadian International Council, Canada's oldest think tank.

Yvonne is currently working on The School of Good Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation, a weekly newsletter on how Beijing and Moscow's policy decisions are playing out at the fringes of China and Russia (launching in October 2026).