Jessie Lau is a writer & journalist from Hong Kong, now in London.

Hi thereI’m a freelance and multi-platform journalist telling global stories with an intersectional feminist approach. I’ve spent the past decade covering identity, politics, human rights and culture from Asia, Europe and the United States. My writing and reportage have appeared in The Guardian, BBC, Los Angeles Review of Books, CNN, The Economist, WIRED and many others. A persistent generalist with expertise on China and Asia, I’m most interested in transnational stories grappling with gender, race, and empire. I serve as a board member at the non-profit NüVoices and am founding editor of its magazine. Read a selection of my stories below + commission/pitch me here!

Deported to a Country You Can’t Remember
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Deported to a Country You Can’t Remember

Former child refugee Phoeun You was paroled from California’s San Quentin State Prison in 2021–only to be deported to Cambodia. He’s free, but can’t return to the only home he remembers

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