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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.
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.
Areas of Expertise:
Hong Kong politics, society and economyLanguages Spoken:
Cantonese, English, Mandarin
While Talisman Sabre with its line-up of Western allies is provocative, Asean nations who drill with the Chinese military are also involved.
Through sanctions and intimidation, the United States and Israel are chipping away at their foundations and attacking their representatives.
The awarding of the world’s most prestigious prize has been twisted and perverted by politics and often has nothing to do with peace.
The Trump administration’s actions at home and support for horrors abroad raise the question: is America becoming a fascist police state?
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Adopting mainland standards to build the mass transit links for the Northern Metropolis can reduce construction costs by up to 30%.
A UN report has exposed dozens of corporations making money from the atrocities being committed across Palestinian territories.
BN(O)ers and ‘streamers’ are no longer welcome. Too bad that the respective governments just will not or cannot say that out loud.
Democrat Congressman Jared Moskowitz says China is following the ‘Nazi playbook’ by using TikTok to ‘brainwash’ American youth.
No one should underestimate Donald Trump and his party’s ability to subvert America’s foundational institutions like the US Federal Reserve.
Amazon boss Jeff Bezos’ US$55 million nuptials in the Italian city of Venice say as much about the 1 per cent as the world we live in today.
Despite increasing pressure from Washington and its Nato allies, Asean countries – even the fence-sitters – are not tilting back towards the West.
Rutte needs to hype the ‘China threat’ to justify Nato nations boosting military spending, returning the welfare state to the warfare state.
US president and the ayatollah deserve a joint Nobel Peace Prize for averting a third world war or at least Iraq 2.0, if general ceasefire holds.
They welcome Trump’s imperial presidency and unchecked executive power, seeing parallels with a transition from republicanism to empire.
And, contrary to the views of famed economist Stephen Roach, so will great places such as Shenzhen, Shanghai, Hangzhou and Chongqing.
Spheres of influence are emerging that will slowly but surely erode America’s global power from East Asia to the Middle East.
Experts say the fungus Fusarium graminearum is more of a pest than ‘a dangerous biological pathogen’, as FBI director Kash Patel has claimed.
Report exposes how the Pentagon propagated alien myths to distract the public from secret weapons programmes during the Cold War.
In his new book, the seasoned China watcher argues the nation’s entire governance is permeated by the engineering mentality.
The West’s unspoken assumption is that Asians cannot be trusted to manage their own affairs, at least when Western interests are involved.
The toxic fungus may be a legitimate research subject, but they have handed Washington the perfect excuse to hype up the China threat.
Far from being afraid, Hongkongers now do what sensible people would have done long ago – dine, shop and play on the mainland.
Ally or not, no one with a decent sense of self-preservation can afford to take a security guarantee by the United States at face value nowadays.
Based on the latest data, experts argue that job losses in some parts of the US economy have been more than made up for in other areas.
As the chip war rages, Chinese firms and institutes have had a boost in state support while their counterparts face crackdowns and restrictions.
By aligning with the US and annoying the mainland, Taipei under the DPP has sacrificed future prosperity and security for little or nothing.
Rounds of Western criticism are little more than a slap on the wrist for Israel when the latter’s genocidal intent in Gaza can no longer be ignored.
The superpowers’ rivalry is not so much about competing social-economic systems, but two different versions of capitalism.
Hong Kong and the mainland are among those hoping to lure refugees from Harvard and other top universities scared away by Trump crackdown.
