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, based at University College London, 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 boa ...

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

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, University of Durham and the

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Bibliography

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

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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 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