Juliana Liu

Juliana Liu is the Asia Editor at CNN Business, where she leads digital coverage in the region. Liu’s expertise is on the global economy and markets, technology, consumer brands and media. Born in China, she was raised in the US and trained in the UK. As a bilingual correspondent, editor and media executive, Liu has experience that spans across three continents.

Juliana Liu started her career at Reuters where she initially covered the Sri Lankan civil war. Eventually, she became one of their Beijing correspondents covering stories in China. From 2006, Liu was a business anchor and reporter for BBC World News, working out of Singapore, London and New York. Juliana Liu’s experience eventually led her to Hong Kong as a correspondent for the BBC where she was responsible for TV, radio and digital coverage across its international and domestic programme.

Currently based at CNN’s Asia-Pacific headquarters in Hong Kong, Liu leads a team of writers and editors, bringing to life Asia’s most dynamic business stories. Before joining CNN in 2022, Liu was Head of Editorial Product and Managing Editor at Forkast News, Asia’s premier publication covering the cryptocurrency industry.

Previously, she was the founding editor of Inkstone, an award-winning daily multimedia online magazine focusing on China-related stories. Much of Juliana Liu’s work has focused on China and what the rising superpower means for the world.

Liu currently serves on the board of directors of the Asia chapter of the Asian American Journalists Association and was previously elected President of the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Hong Kong. She was the first and only woman of colour to be elected president of the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Hong Kong.

Juliana Liu is the mother of four young children.