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

{{short description|2008 non-fiction book by Hsiao-Hung Pai}}

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Chinese Whispers: The True Story Behind Britain's Hidden Army of Labour is a non-fiction book by UK-based journalist and author Hsiao-Hung Pai, first published in 2008. It is about the lives of migrant workers from China in the UK. The book was shortlisted for the 2009 Orwell Prize{{cite web|url=http://theorwellprize.co.uk/shortlists/filter/type-Book%20Prize/year-2009/|title=Short Lists: 2009|website=The Orwell Prize|accessdate=2013-11-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110011556/http://theorwellprize.co.uk/shortlists/filter/type-Book%20Prize/year-2009/|archive-date=2014-01-10|url-status=dead}} and reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/news/articles/SB121087953738196221|title=Britain's Hidden Chinese Army|first=Salil|last=Tripathi|date=16 May 2008|newspaper=The Wall Street Journal}} To research the book, Pai went undercover.