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Alex Lo
Columnist
Alex Lo has been a Post columnist since 2012, covering major issues affecting Hong Kong and the rest of China. A journalist for 25 years, he has worked for various publications in Hong Kong and Toronto as a news reporter and editor. He has also lectured in journalism at the University of Hong Kong.
DeepSeek’s open-sourced AI, OpenAI’s ‘closed’ AI and American-Israeli genocidal AI have upset the debate on authoritarian and democratic tech.
Despite their opposing ideologies, they may well offer valuable insights into the future of country.
Wall Street hype and Washington ‘threat inflation’, which have distorted markets and policies, are exposed by surprise breakthrough of upstart.
Overriding concern is less about Chinese data threat but the ability of American agencies to gain clandestine access through their networks.
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Non-Western intellectuals and strategists have often wrongly equated domestic dysfunction and division in US democracy with imperial decline.
A ‘rules-based’ international system dominated by the United States disguises a sprawling empire of sorts that does not speak its name.
When a film makes you think about the meanings of war and home, and the dangerous world we live in, it’s well worth watching with respect.
In the annals of Western genocide, the US secretary of state and his boss deserve much more than a footnote for providing Israel with weapons.
A growing number of US allies and partners are realising siding with Washington against Beijing costs far more than most can afford.
Having denied Chinese firms access to advanced foreign semiconductors, Washington is launching probe into ‘subsidised’ domestic production.
Sorry saga of collapsed deal between US Steel and Nippon Steel shows ‘friendshoring’ in America may mean just pain for friends and allies.
Smart money is on Pierre Poilievre being country’s prime minister after next federal election, and this ‘Tariff Man’ will not be friendly to Beijing.
New sciences purporting to predict the future offer some unsettling forecasts.
Foreign pundits admit terrible phenomena in their societies are complicated but readily blame communist misrule for any and all Chinese social ills.
The United States and Israel could have stood for justice and peace, but today they now merely represent the unaccountable use of naked power.
What began as a newfangled investment theme for emerging economies now holds hope for those trying to flee US financial coercion and abuse.
Whether or not the Ukraine conflict continues, the European Union has been tasked with containing Russia while the US aims to focus on China.
He says or does something outrageous knowing he can get away with it and, by extending that principle to global politics, because America can.
Season of goodwill sees no let-up in the ever-vigilant United States, with food sources from China identified as new threat to national security.
As the world’s most respected human rights groups warn against the continuing Palestinian genocide, the US and Canada penalise China.
A video by the militant group against ‘Chinese infidels’ has been spread widely by mainstream news media, while similar propaganda by Hamas and Hezbollah are routinely suppressed or ignored.
An ignominious exit awaits unpopular Justin Trudeau after his long-time ally walks, but let’s hope he does not drag the country down with him.
Two erudite commentators explain why the West’s strategic antagonism towards Beijing is both self-serving and misconceived.
The warmongering fantasies of the US entertainment and defence establishment are increasingly indistinguishable.
Pro-Beijing commentator who goes by the pseudonym ‘Wah Kee’ should have the courage of his convictions when it comes to criticising officials.
Ottawa might be on stronger ground if it had sanctioned both China and Israel on human rights, but just punishing one shows double standards.
If normal is stressful in the world’s most high-pressured country, maybe Koreans need to blow off steam, now and then, by going against their government and politicians.
Plaza Accord 2.0 reportedly set in motion by the incoming US president’s unorthodox team is likely to end with mutually destructive decoupling.
Accept ‘Greater Israel’ as a de jure state, resettle most Palestinians across the West and some in friendly Arab states, then compensate a small, token minority by granting them full Israeli citizenship.
Many fear the supposedly defunct ‘China Initiative’ – a racial profiling programme targeting Chinese-born scientists in the US – could return with a vengeance.
