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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.
American ‘hegemonism’ may be in decline as more countries in Western hemisphere partner with Beijing, but that doesn’t mean the US won’t try.
By undermining the 1971 decision of the General Assembly, Taiwan is taking a stealthy path to independence without an outright declaration.
New report by UK-China Transparency attacks top China think tank and key donor from Hong Kong.
US and Taiwan are goading Manila to escalate its dispute with mainland China over the Spratly Islands into a potentially disastrous regional conflagration.
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Debris, upper atmospheric pollution and militarisation of near-Earth zone will worsen unless both nations acknowledge their responsibility.
In maritime disputes, the Spratlys and Paracels are a military buffer for China, and the Philippines is becoming a proxy for the United States.
Pointing out your critic’s bad or worse behaviour may be self-serving but can often provide much-needed context and background in a war of words.
American firms Bechtel, Boeing, General Dynamics, Lockheed Martin and other merchants of death are behind out-of-control nuclear spending.
There will always be fans and haters. Learn to step back, relax and let your supporters defend and fight for you.
Zionism has followed the twisted logic of a long line of modern ideologies that ended up committing mass murder.
Thanks to paranoia and persecution, the mainland and Hong Kong can roll out the red carpet for world-renowned scientists like Charles Lieber.
As the ice melts and new shipping lanes open up, Canada’s sovereign claim over the Northwest Passage is likely to become hotly contested.
The city’s destiny was always about unification and integration, not democratisation or meeting Western expectations.
The more our ageing last governor criticises the city, the more people will re-examine his legacies, of which the bad well outweigh the good.
Regardless of age, conservative female politicians are not shy about showing skin to display fierce patriotism.
US has armed Israel and is now rearming Saudi Arabia, countries behind two of the worst humanitarian disasters in the 21st century.
Tussle between former US House speaker and Australian ex-premier Paul Keating epitomises the danger America poses in Asia-Pacific.
The British PM did well in cracking down quickly but then he was not hampered by foreign interference like HK was in 2019 and even now.
Mutual economic quandaries as both try to reshape their economies may force the two bitter rivals to learn to live with each other again.
No one should underestimate Kamala Harris’ running mate and his China expertise after Dick Cheney practically turned his office into an imperial vice-presidency.
Latest killing of at least 80 Palestinians sheltering in a school should shame G7 and EU envoys who snubbed Friday peace ceremony over Israel’s exclusion.
US anti-doping agency chief has allowed cheats to compete because he says their work as ‘undercover’ agents helps keep sports clean.
The atom-bombed cities are again haunting the world’s conscience with one inviting, and the other disinviting, Israel to their peace ceremonies.
Two subordinate states are sacrificing their own security and sovereignty to the self-interest of the US while helping to further destabilise their regions.
Washington has backed the wrong horse and is handicapping the fast ones in a futile ‘chip war’ to prevent Beijing’s technology advances.
As with Washington’s routine attempts to challenge all things Chinese as well as global multilateral agencies, its row with the World Anti-Doping Agency is par for the course.
America’s systematic destruction of Venezuela’s economy and impoverishment of its people is an egregious example of its global economic warfare.
The recovery of some 5,000 flats from well-off tenants in just two years was likely due to Beijing’s pressure rather than John Lee’s decisiveness.
Unlike Hungary’s Orban, the prime minister plays a much more delicate balancing act between Beijing and Brussels, according to Italian analyst.
American evangelicals may have a better appreciation of the apocalyptic danger of what’s happening in the Middle East than Trump and his liberal critics. The only problem is that they may welcome it.
