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Kristie Lu Stout ✌🏽
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Anchor/correspondent CNN CNNi covering Hong Kong, China & Asia 🎥📝🌏| AAJA | Stanford | Name my momma gave me: 魯可蒂 (and I’m a momma to Ara & Bobo)
🏎️ ⚙️💡 CNN's "Tech for Good" visits the University of Hong Kong (HKU), where student Jan Wong Ho Wang and his team have meticulously built an electric race car from scratch that will compete at an upcoming "Formula Student" competition in China.

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Tech for Good: Students in Hong Kong build electric race car from scratch
YouTube video by Kristie Lu Stout
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November 17, 2025 at 9:51 AM
🏈🏎️ ⚾ As athletes push the boundaries of what's possible, safety is more important than ever.

On the next CNN Tech for Good, we meet the innovative minds creating technology to better protect players.

Saturday 11/15/25
130am ET
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Sunday 11/16/25
6am ET
530pm ET
November 14, 2025 at 7:39 AM
🇦🇺🐄💡 We’re in Australia for the next #TechForGood, meeting the young innovators developing tech to make the agriculture industry smarter, greener and more resilient.

(And getting our hands plenty dirty along the way.) 🤠

We can’t wait to share our stories with you! ✌🏽
November 12, 2025 at 6:27 AM
🌱 🌏 #CallToEarth day is a day to celebrate the planet and those who protect it, esp our students who are some of the most passionate green advocates out there.

At GSIS in Hong Kong, students planted microgreens, decorated bee hotels, and created an upcycled mosaic using refuse from park cleanups.
November 6, 2025 at 8:14 AM
🏎️ Learning the fast art of the controlled slide.

We are drifting — power sliding around a slick race track. I’m riding shotgun with a drifting coach... all in the name of journalism. 

Our next installment of Tech for Good will zero in on sports safety and performance. It’s a good one! 🏎️ 🏈 ⚾️
November 4, 2025 at 8:04 AM
On a scale of 0 to 10, US President Donald Trump gives his meeting with Xi Jinping a 12... and Asian markets waver.

The latest.

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Asian markets mixed as Trump touts deal on "almost everything" with China
YouTube video by Kristie Lu Stout
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October 30, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Trump and Xi are set to meet on the sidelines of the APEC summit in South Korea on Thursday.

They are expected to sign off on the framework for a trade deal.

Will there be a trade truce?

We're live across all platforms.

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Live updates: Trump meets China’s Xi during Asia tour as shutdown impacts widen in the US | CNN Politics
US President Donald Trump is meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping to discuss a trade deal with global economic impact. Follow for live news updates.
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October 30, 2025 at 1:18 AM
🚨𖥂🔥 This AI-enabled drone can help spot wildfires.

I catch up with the creators of LifeSparrow, an AI drone system that can spot wildfires, monitor country parks, and assist with maritime rescue.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KJV...

#TechforGood #emergency #response #rescue #LifeSparrow #drone #CNN
This AI-enabled drone can help spot wildfires
YouTube video by Kristie Lu Stout
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October 29, 2025 at 2:28 AM
🚨𖥂⛑️University students in Hong Kong have developed a smart delivery drone that aims to enhance emergency response in hard-to-reach locations.

From the latest #TechforGood on the future of emergency missions...

#emergency #relief #response #AI #drone #hkust #cnn

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This drone could one day help save lives in remote areas
YouTube video by Kristie Lu Stout
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October 28, 2025 at 8:28 AM
The US and China have reached a framework for a trade deal, easing tensions ahead of a highly-anticipated meeting between Trump and Xi.

China's top trade negotiator Li Chenggang says a "preliminary consensus" has been reached.

The latest.

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US, China agree to deal framework ahead of Trump-Xi meeting
YouTube video by Kristie Lu Stout
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October 27, 2025 at 4:46 AM
❤️🌏 🌱 On November 6, CNN’s #CallToEarth Day returns.

Sign up at cnn.com/calltoearthday and share how you’re guarding your green space. Post as early and often as you want. The best posts have a chance to be featured on CNN's linear and digital platforms.

Join us! 🙌🏽
October 25, 2025 at 2:28 AM
✈️♻️🔋 Are we on track to fly net zero by 2050?

Thank you, IATA, for the invitation to the IATA World Sustainability Symposium in Hong Kong.

The goal for air transport is clear: Net zero by 2050. It won’t be easy. Getting there will require vision, problem-solving, and collaboration.

#IATAWSS
October 22, 2025 at 3:21 AM
🚨 On the next Tech for Good, we meet the young innovators designing cutting-edge technology to help responders save lives faster and safer.

Join me to get a good look at the future of emergency missions, only on CNN:

Saturday Oct 25 - 12:30am // 12:30pm ET
Sunday Oct 26 - 6am ET // 11pm ET
October 17, 2025 at 5:42 PM
♻️🔋⚡Renewables have overtaken coal as the world’s biggest source of electricity. This is a massive milestone for Asia, the world’s biggest energy consumer.

I recently scoped out the region’s clean energy future... in the middle of a protected rainforest in Borneo.

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Floating solar power: Asia's game-changer in clean energy
YouTube video by Kristie Lu Stout
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October 13, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Saddened to learn of the passing of Jane Goodall, the primatologist, educator and guardian of our natural world.

I will never forget our conversation about Wounda’s return to the wild, and the kindness she shared with my daughter.

May she rest in peace. 🙏🏽 🌏 ❤️

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October 1, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Will there be a final TikTok deal after Friday's Trump-Xi phone call?

Trump says he will speak with Friday ET. On the agenda: trade, a potential in-person meeting, and TikTok.

Will Xi exploit Trump's desire for a deal to win points on trade?

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Will there be a final TikTok deal after Trump, Xi call?
YouTube video by Kristie Lu Stout
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September 19, 2025 at 8:12 AM
"The US economy is doing just fine... The problem is the politics within the Fed and how it's reacting to Trump."

Here's my conversation with DBS Bank Chief Economist Taimur Baig about the health of the US economy and the Fed itself.

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Fed cuts rates amid political tension and turmoil
YouTube video by Kristie Lu Stout
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September 18, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Counting down to two hours of live news…

We’re back in the CNN-Hong Kong flash studio.

Newsroom. 2am-4am ET, 2pm-4pm HKT. CNN.

See you soon! ✌🏽
September 18, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Reposted by Kristie Lu Stout ✌🏽
Let's reminder that Disney arguably started this wave of media capitulation by settling Trump's lawsuit against ABC last December. And now here we are...
September 18, 2025 at 5:28 AM
I’m at HKUST, the academic home of consumer drone giant DJI, to visit the next generation of low altitude economy (LAE) researchers.

Led by student Jimmy Wu, AeroRelief is creating a drone delivery system for life-saving medical supplies to arrive in minutes.

On the next CNN Tech for Good…
September 15, 2025 at 12:33 PM
A parliament in flames. A leader toppled. Nepal's first female PM.

In a mad week of relentless breaking news, here’s a video reflection on Nepal's youth-driven movement that has fundamentally altered a nation.

For CNN’s The Lead.

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Nepal gets first female PM after historic week of Gen Z protests
YouTube video by Kristie Lu Stout
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September 13, 2025 at 1:50 AM
🇳🇵Nepal's "Gen Z" is angry and demanding change.

Protests have intensified due to wider grievances including corruption, lack of economic opportunities, lethal force used on protesters, and resentment toward "nepo kids” - entitled children of government officials.

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Nepal's "Gen Z" is angry and demanding change
YouTube video by Kristie Lu Stout
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September 10, 2025 at 7:00 AM
🇲🇾☀️🌊🏭🔋⚡ This week, I’ve been in Kuching & Batang Ai, Malaysia. It’s been a long haul of shoots that’s taken us to a massive floating solar farm and a hydropower dam.

By integrating solar and hydro, Sarawak Energy is aiming to have a reliable energy source for Malaysia and the region, rain or shine.
September 6, 2025 at 11:27 PM
🐝🤖💡 Can tiny insect-like robots save the planet?

As the world faces growing environmental challenges, students at MIT are developing robotic insects that could assist with artificial pollination, infrastructure inspection, and environmental monitoring.

#TechforGood

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Can tiny robots save the planet? MIT’s insect bots designed to pollinate and protect
YouTube video by Kristie Lu Stout
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September 4, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Chinese leader Xi Jinping will preside over a military parade in Tiananmen Square at 9 am local time to commemorate the end of World War II.

Thousands of troops will goose-step through the heart of Beijing, joining tanks, missiles and advanced weaponry.

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China unveils latest weapons in military parade | CNN
Chinese leader Xi Jinping presides over a military parade in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square to commemorate the end of World War II, as Russia’s Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un attend. Follow ...
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September 3, 2025 at 12:31 AM