Jessie Lau is a London-based writer and award-winning journalist from Hong Kong
I’m an independent 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 work has appeared in The Guardian, Los Angeles Review of Books, BBC, Times Literary Supplement, The Economist, CNN and many more publications.
I founded New Tide, Britain’s only East and Southeast Asian journalism network, for which I was nominated for this year’s Georgina Henry Award for Innovation. I’m head of the magazine team at the global feminist collective NüVoices and contributing editor at Translator, a publication of translated journalism. I was shortlisted for the global Philip Hoare Prize in creative writing, and my reporting has been recognised by the World Association of News Publishers. Learn more
Featured stories
“Young people feel hopeless”: the Thai protesters revolting against authoritarian rule
The country’s youth-led protests are dividing the nation
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
Hong Kong's Summer of Unrest
Five years after the Umbrella Movement, Hong Kong is once again in the midst of revolution and reclaiming