Hello, I’m Jessie
I’m a freelance writer, journalist and artist. I cover human rights, politics and culture with a transnational and feminist perspective. A Hongkonger now based in London, I’m a specialist on China and Asia. My work has appeared in The Guardian, BBC World Service, CNN, The Economist, Foreign Policy, WIRED and more.
Selected stories
The cursed generation
Memoirs of a lost Hong Kong
Hong Kong's democracy movement was crushed in 2020. But the spirit of resistance survives
Solidarity persists, under the most stringent conditions and amid palpable fear
Who is the real Mulan?
The current film has sparked a fierce fight over Mulan’s soul: what she should represent, both as a symbol for women and for Chinese-ness
From London I watch the crisis engulfing Hong Kong
Watching from afar as Beijing passes the security law that tightens its grip on the territory, I feel grief and helplessness