Alex Lo

Having hardliners Marco Rubio as secretary of state and Mike Waltz as national security adviser is like putting Al Capone in charge of the FBI

Von der Leyen, Kallas and Baerbock have all got the new memo from Washington and are now busy doing the yellow-haired lord's bidding Alex Lo

As the United States surrounds China with bases and allies, Beijing is expanding business ties in Washington's South American backyard Alex Lo

The death and displacement of millions of Muslims in Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Libya and Yemen mean little. But if they are Muslims in Xinjiang, suddenly, their lives take on phenomenal value – propaganda value. Someone sent me a statement signed by 15 Western and allied countries denouncing China’s human rights records in Continue reading »

In our city, or as in much of the rest of the world, American officials can't hear anything other than how awesome they sound when they speak

There is much to admire about the most dynamic society of the past 500 years, just not necessarily the kinds of things that have most mesmerised many Hongkongers

Washington makes no room for New Delhi's geopolitical ambitions but considers the Asian giant as just another asset in its Beijing containment strategy

It was no accident that a law expert specialising in various charters had convinced fellow ‘Hong Kong 47' conspirators to trigger legislative crisis

From a US perspective, the outgoing president and his foreign policy team did surprisingly well. But without a supportive successor – or rather with an actively hostile one – their work is likely to come undone

Disgraceful veto of draft ceasefire resolution by US coincides with arrest warrants by International Criminal Court for Israeli pair on war crimes