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Hsiao-Hung Pai

Hsiao-Hung Pai is a London-based journalist and writer. Her book ' was short-listed for the 2009 Orwell Prize and her Scattered Sand: The Story of China's Rural Migrants won the Bread and Roses Award in 2013.

Hsiao-Hung has written for The Guardian, OpenDemocracy, Red Pepper, Feminist Review, Socialist Review, Chinese Times UK, Chinese Weekly, The Storm (as a columnist), and other Chinese-language publications worldwide.

Background

Hsiao-Hung Pai was born in Taiwan.

Pai has lived in the United Kingdom since 1991. She holds master's degrees (MA) in Critical & Cultural Theory (University of Wales, College of Cardiff), East Asian politics & history (University of Durham) and Journalism, with distinction (University of Westminster).

Bibliography

  • ' (Penguin Books 2008)
  • Scattered Sand: The Story of China's Rural Migrants (Verso Books, 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)
  • Are We Home: Loss, Identities and Belonging in the East End of London (Whitechapel Books, March 2026)
  • Exile: The Journey of the Uyghur Diaspora (Ethics International Press, February 2026)

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