Hsiao-Hung Pai

Hsiao-Hung Pai (b. Taipei, Taiwan, 1968) is a writer on migrant labour issues best known for her book Chinese Whispers: The True Story Behind Britain's Hidden Army of Labour.Pai has lived in the UK since 1991, and holds masters' degrees from the University of Wales, University of Durham and the University of Westminster. She holds a bachelor's degree from Fu Jen Catholic University in Taipei County.She first started writing for Chinese publications and later for the Guardian, specialising in stories about the Chinese community. She covered the Morecambe cockle picking tragedy for The Guardian and in order to understand the plight of other Chinese migrants, she went undercover, and is the only journalist working in Britain who has truly penetrated the world of undocumented Chinese migrants.Hsiao-Hung now works as a freelance journalist, writing for the Guardian, the New Statesman, and others. Nick Broomfield’s recent film Ghosts was based on her work. Chinese Whispers is her first book. Hsiao-Hung lives in London with her partner.

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must disguise oneself in order to unmask society; one must deceive and dissimulate in order to find out the truth.’
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