Jessie Lau is a London-based writer and award-winning journalist from Hong Kong
I’m a writer and journalist telling global stories with an intersectional feminist approach. I’ve spent the past decade covering human rights, politics and culture from Asia, Europe and the United States. My writing and reportage have appeared in The Guardian, LA Review of Books, BBC, Times Literary Supplement, WIRED, The Economist, CNN and many more publications.
I’m founder of New Tide, the UK’s only East and Southeast Asian media network, head of magazine at NüVoices, a non-profit supporting women working on China topics, and contributing editor at Translator, a publication of translated journalism. I was shortlisted for the Philip Hoare Prize for creative non-fiction, and my reporting has been recognised by the World Association of News Publishers. Learn more
Featured stories
How a Taiwan influencer raised €140K for a Lithuanian ‘crisis pregnancy centre’
After Lithuania sent COVID-19 vaccines to Taiwan, Jill Chang inadvertently directed her followers to a controversial ‘crisis pregnancy centre’ in Vilnius
Why the Taiwanese are thinking more about their identity
Renewed resistance to China and successful handling of the coronavirus pandemic has led Taiwan to re-examine ideas about its identity – and its future