Jessie Lau is a London-based writer & human rights journalist.
Hi there—I’m a multi-platform journalist approaching global stories with an intersectional feminist perspective. I’ve spent the past decade covering identity, social justice and culture from Asia, Europe and the United States. My work has appeared in The Guardian, BBC, Los Angeles Review of Books, CNN, The Economist, 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. Originally from Hong Kong, I’m a board member at the non-profit NüVoices and founding editor of its magazine. 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