Hsiao-Hung Pai is a London-based journalist and writer. Her book '' Chinese Whispers: The True Story Behind Britain's Hidden Army of Labour'' was short-listed for the 2009

Orwell Prize The Orwell Prize is a British prize for political writing. The Prize is awarded by The Orwell Foundation, an independent charity (Registered Charity No 1161563, formerly "The Orwell Prize") governed by a board of trustees. Four prizes are award ...

and her ''Scattered Sand:The Story of China's Rural Migrants'' won th
Bread and Roses Award
in 2013. Hsiao-Hung has written for The Guardian, Open Democracy, Red Pepper, Feminist Review, Socialist Review, Chinese Times UK, Chinese Weekly, The Storm (as a columnist), and many other Chinese-language publications worldwide.

Background

Hsiao-Hung Pai was born in Taiwan. Pai has lived in the UK since 1991, and holds master's degrees from the

University of Wales The University of Wales () is a confederal university based in Cardiff, Wales. Founded by royal charter in 1893 as a federal university with three constituent colleges – Aberystwyth, Bangor and Cardiff – the university was the first universit ...

, University of Durham and the

University of Westminster The University of Westminster is a public university, public university based in London, United Kingdom. Founded in 1838 as the Royal Polytechnic Institution, it was the first Polytechnic (United Kingdom), polytechnic to open in London. The Po ...

Bibliography

*'' Chinese Whispers: The True Story Behind Britain's Hidden Army of Labour'' (

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2008) *''Scattered Sand: The Story of China's Rural Migrants'' (

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, 2012) *''Invisible: Britain's Migrant Sex Workers'' (Westbourne Press, 2013) * '' Angry White People: Coming Face-to-face with the British Far Right'' (Zed Books March 2016) *''Bordered Lives: How Europe Fails Refugees and Migrants'' (New Internationalist, January 2018) *''Ciao Ousmane: The Hidden Exploitation of Italy's Migrant Workers'' (Hurst, January 2021)

References

External links

* https://www.hsiao-hung.com/
Hsiao Hung-Pai at ''The Guardian''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pai, Hsiao-Hung 1968 births Living people Alumni of Durham University Alumni of the University of Wales Alumni of the University of Westminster British investigative journalists British non-fiction writers Fu Jen Catholic University alumni Writers from Taipei Taiwanese emigrants to the United Kingdom Taiwanese journalists British women journalists Taiwanese women journalists