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!

The End Game of China’s Zero-Covid Policy Nightmare
As most of the world decides to live with the virus, China is doubling down on a strategy to crush it. But at what cost?

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