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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.
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.
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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.
A wire service says a health insurance chief’s murder, a CEO’s ouster and the South Korea crisis are related. It’s right, but not in the way intended.
Spreading social malaise and economic stagnation in country reinforce political instability while being caught in worsening US-China rivalry.
Chinese political philosopher Xiang Shuchen lays bare the cultural and psychological roots of America’s Manichean view of Beijing and its ‘evil’ ways.
If there is anything worse than going after a hated opposition that enjoys a parliamentary majority, it’s having to back down almost immediately.
The modern state is all about big government and public spending. The right and the rich in the US like to rail against it while being directly or indirectly subsidised and supported.
Trump’s latest spat with Brics nations over their threat to challenge the greenback is premature despite Washington’s abusive weaponisation of the currency.
Having failed in two of the biggest geopolitical challenges of the century, the same Western elites are doubling down by moving against China.
Biden’s ‘small yard, high fence’ strategy may become ‘huge yard, tall fence’, prohibitively expensive to maintain and with diminishing returns.
Beijing has turned out to be a major force for stability while friends and foes alike are wreaking havoc around the world.
