Alex Lo

While Washington slashes funding for the sciences, Beijing is clinching its lead in everything from patent applications to publications

There's a lesson for the US president in Napoleon's invasion of Russia in the early 19th century

US curbs on China's access to top chips forces it to work smarter and better. Claims of stealing and cheating stem from ignorance and arrogance

New studies of the centuries-old Confucian order in East Asia show the country is, more than ever, committed to stability and peace

The passenger should not have boarded the aircraft due to “entry restrictions put in place to reduce the risk of the Ebola virus,” a U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesperson said.

Trump, Putin and Netanyahu have all gone to war to prove how strong and powerful they are. The results should give any strongman pause

The United States' anti-communist containment strategy dates back to its occupation of Japan and shortly after its decolonisation of the Philippines.

Essays from over a decade ago show that America's institutional decay and populist revolt predate the current US president's rise to power

Essays from over a decade ago show that America’s institutional decay and populist revolt predate the current US president’s rise to power.

Amid the pressure to ‘publish or perish' and the cutthroat competition of academia, junior researchers are finding novel ways to express their discontent