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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
The United States has spent trillions of dollars on foreign wars, thanks in large part to the largesse of countries around the world that are willing to fund its ever-ballooning debt.
In contrast to friendly China, the United States has weaponised foreign aid on one continent and returned to gunboat diplomacy in the western hemisphere.
The war in Iran is speeding the world towards a multipolar system.
By insisting on the superiority of its own standards of judgment and experience, the West distorts the realities of other societies.
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Countries across the world will be wise to hedge their bets with Beijing as the war exposes US security ‘guarantees’ as burdens and liabilities for allies.
Although the ancient text Guiguzi may not be widely read, its contents remain a prescient guide for job interviews, marketing and even diplomacy.
Trump doesn’t care what is true about the war in the Middle East or anything else so long as what he says serves his purpose for the moment.
Beijing aims at tech diffusion and minimising social disruptions, rather than competing for supremacy with the United States.
To restore peace and stability in the Middle East, Israel and the US – the real destabilisers of the region – need to be countered.
The release of an authoritative translation of Kongzi Jia Yu finally places a once-suspected forgery among the traditional canon.
From killing jobs to killing people, the vision of artificial intelligence supremacy in the United States is truly terrifying.
While bombs are being dropped on communities that may seem far away for some, the ripple effects of war in the Middle East are truly worldwide.
Iranian attacks on US partners in the Gulf should make America’s allies in Asia rethink their security ties with Washington.
When battles become a matter of choice rather than necessity or survival, US leaders have a preternatural ability to choose badly and undermine their own country.
From her husband’s wars that harm children abroad to her ties to Jeffrey Epstein, Trump is far from an authority on children’s interests.
Chinese diplomats need to project a measured and calming presence on the international stage to contend effectively with American blowhards.
Iran may prove another costly mistake for Washington as its global standing sinks even further, however the conflict turns out.
US President Donald Trump’s tariff blitz is not Taiwan’s fault, but the self-ruled island must come to see that Washington is unreliable.
Despite recently revealed close ties to the convicted sex offender, Chomsky’s contributions to linguistics and philosophy are undeniable.
China now looks like a pretty good hedge when compared to the unqualified and unpredictable people who run the US today.
If reviving a country and the international order means institutional reform and renewal, Donald Trump is deliberately doing the opposite.
People who argue for the uniqueness and high moral standing of the West are actually weaponising it as an ideology against the non-Western cultures of the Global South.
Aside from the first island chain of encirclement against China, much of the other island ‘defence’ chains look more like vassalising the not so ‘lucky country’ among others in the South Pacific.
Europe and America’s warmongering and genocide-enabling are at the roots of the world’s most dangerous geopolitical flashpoints.
While some critiques of the former media boss’ sentencing come down to different standards of governance and journalism, others are steeped in hypocrisy.
While China has red lines regarding Taiwan, Communist Party rule and national unity, everything else is negotiable.
The social media platform, now majority owned by Americans, will herald a new era of state control and corporate manipulation of US citizens.
The worst features of UK politics and media, with help from ‘yellow-ribbon’ BN(O)ers, have been on full display over the ‘mega’ embassy plan.
If such are the people who run the world of business and politics, we are all doomed.
