Jessie Lau is a writer and journalist from Hong Kong, now in London

Hi thereI’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, Times Literary Supplement and many others. Previously, I held reporting and producing roles at the BBC World Service, SCMP and Channel 4 News.

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, the UK’s first ESEA journalism network. Read a selection of my stories below + commission/pitch me here!