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

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

Chinese Whispers: The True Story Behind Britain's Hidden Army of Labour (ISBN 0141035684) is a non-fiction book by United Kingdom-based Taiwanese author Hsiao-Hung Pai, first published in 2008.

It is about the lives of migrant workers from China in the UK, and received favourable reviews from major British newspapers.[citation needed] The book was shortlisted for the 2009 Orwell Prize.

To research the book, Pai went undercover.


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