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Alex Lo

Pearls and Irritations

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The US is upset China wants to be self-reliant in producing chips

The US is upset China wants to be self-reliant in producing chips
16.01.2025 10

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Alex Lo

Trump has been Beijing’s most effective science talent recruiter

Many fear the supposedly defunct ‘China Initiative’ – a racial profiling programme targeting Chinese-born scientists in the US – could return...

29.12.2024 3

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China speaks for conscience of the world at UN over horror in Gaza

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

28.11.2024 3

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Western values, what Western values?

The death and displacement of millions of Muslims in Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Libya and Yemen mean little. But if they are...

15.11.2024 1

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One person’s think tank is another’s propaganda organ

Unlike China’s state-run think tanks and media groups, their Anglo-American counterparts have industry ties and interests whose influences are...

10.11.2024 2

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The terrifying parallels between 9/11 and Israel’s response to Oct. 7

The tragedy in the Middle East is that what Hamas’ Sinwar was to bin Laden, Israel is to America. Reading various accounts of Yahya Sinwar’s...

24.10.2024 2

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Israel has no place among the family of nations at the UN

Given its murderous attacks on UN staff in Gaza and declaration of its chief as ‘persona non grata’, it’s about time to invoke Article 6 of the...

20.10.2024 2

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So is this just how our great free press of the West really operates?

To appreciate the true magnitude of its disgrace, imagine the response if murdered Gazan journalist Hassan Hamad were an Uygur or a Tibetan. Earth,...

13.10.2024 2

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As US ally blows up the Mideast, China preserves Asia’s prosperity

Launching Cold War 2.0 against a reluctant Beijing while enabling Israel to set fire to an entire region is now official American foreign policy....

04.10.2024 2

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The loss of global influence by the United States is China’s gain

The world doesn’t see an “indispensable nation” in America, only one that is ‘dysfunctional at home and pursuing naked self-interest abroad’...

10.09.2024 3

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China and the US are facing parallel economic conundrums

Mutual economic quandaries as both try to reshape their economies may force the two bitter rivals to learn to live with each other again. All is...

16.08.2024 2

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Why US politicians are picking on Chinese Olympic swimmers

As with Washington’s routine attempts to challenge all things Chinese as well as global multilateral agencies, its row with the World Anti-Doping...

07.08.2024 2

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US military admits ‘missteps’ for anti-vax propaganda

US operations exploiting foreign vaccine programmes have time and again caused untold damage to the public health of countries targeted. Speaking at...

04.08.2024 1

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Alex Lo