Jessie Lau is a writer & journalist from Hong Kong, now in London.
Hi there—I’m a freelance 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, reportage and films have appeared in The Guardian, BBC, Los Angeles Review of Books, CNN, The Economist, Channel 4 News, 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 also build communities: I’m magazine editor-in-chief and board member at the global feminist non-profit NüVoices, as well as founding director of New Tide Media Network, a UK-based ESEA journalism community. Read a selection of my stories below + commission/pitch me here!

Meet the Hong Kong Sign Language Group Translating Politics and Rights
A grassroots organization is working to boost the deaf community’s ability to take part in Hong Kong’s most important political debates

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

How Beijing’s new security law is already changing lives
For many Hongkongers, China’s tightening grip is forcing them to ask the question: should I stay or go?