Jessie Lau is a writer and journalist from Hong Kong, now in London
Hi there—I’m a freelance writer 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 essays and reportage have appeared in The Guardian, Los Angeles Review of Books, CNN, The Economist, WIRED and many others. Previously, I worked as a reporter and producer for the BBC World Service, Channel 4 News and SCMP.
A persistent generalist with expertise on China and Asia, I’m most interested in transnational stories grappling with gender, race, and empire. I’m head of the magazine editorial team at the global feminist non-profit NüVoices, as well as contributing editor at Translator, a publication of translated journalism. I also founded New Tide Media Network, a UK-based ESEA journalism community. Read a selection of my stories below + commission/pitch me here!

Hong Kong's embattled gender movement is coming under fire amid Beijing's national security crackdown
With new leader, the future for progressive politics looks more challenging - for feminists in Hong Kong, it was already bleak


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?

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