Jessie Lau is a writer, freelance journalist, editor & artist

Hi thereI’m a writer and journalist from Hong Kong, now based in London. My work has appeared in The Guardian, CNN, The Economist, WIRED and many others. A generalist with expertise on China and Asia, I have over a decade of media experience. Now, I gravitate towards stories exploring the intersections of human rights, politics and culture. I fronted the BBC documentary “China’s Silenced Feminist” and executive-produced the Channel 4 News film “China’s Feminist Fightback." Formerly based in Beijing and California, I’m editor-in-chief and board member at NüVoices, a non-profit amplifying gender minorities working on China subjects. Commissions and cold calls are welcome.

Selected stories

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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