Articles, films and photo essays
Between barricades: A Hong Kong story
A multimedia personal photo essay about the Hong Kong protests in 2019. I picked up my camera and documented the months-long struggle while I was working as an international news reporter
Analysis: What does COP15 teach us about environmental cooperation with China?
An analysis of the success of Canada’s cooperation with China in leading global initiatives on biodiversity
Short film: A Uyghur Woman tries to keep her culture
As signs back home showed the Chinese government is eradicating their identity by restricting cultural and religious practices, the Uyghur diaspora community in London is determined to keep their culture alive (BBC)
Documentary: Asian Hate In United Kingdom
An investigation of how to stop racial abuse faced by East and Southeast Asians in Britain after the Covid-19 pandemic (Channel News Asia)
Photo Essays
Behind Gambia's fish scarcity
A photo essay that captures the hardships facing the Gambia due to the declining fish population and foreign-owned fishmeal operations
Taiwanese democracy
A photo album that captures the joy and sadness of the winning and losing camps in the Taiwan 2016 election
Paying back the sea: A Balinese fisher’s tale
A community coral restoration project has enabled fishers to help bring poisoned reefs back to life on the Indonesian island’s north shore (Dialogue Earth)
Ukraine War: Hong Kongers’ Journeys in Support of Ukraine
As the flood of refugees continues to pour out of Ukraine into neighbouring countries, a trickle of international volunteers quietly streams the other way – heading into the embattled country. Among the stream of international volunteers were a small number of Hong Kongers
"My daughter won't be safe there”: Hong Kong single mother start Life from scratch with daughter in UK
A long-form article featuring a Hong Kong single-parent family that migrated to the UK after waves of political crackdowns in the city
Policing in Hong Kong: Unreliable witnesses
An award-winning article that reveals police officers had a practice of giving unreliable testimony in legal cases relating to social movements. My co-author and I won the University Chinese-Language Writing Prize at the 20th Annual Human Rights Press Awards for the article
Home funerals in Nashville: A final gift to loved ones
A feature article I wrote when I was studying in Nashville, Tennessee. It documented people turning away from traditional, high-priced funeral home service and seeking a more mindful way to say goodbye to loved ones
