Alex Lo

2 weeks ago | today.com | Anna Kaplan |Alex Lo |Marissa Parra |Valeriya Antonshchuk

June 12, 2025, 8:57 AM EDT / Source: TODAYA 9-year-old girl was airlifted to the hospital to undergo emergency surgery to reattach her hand after she was attacked by a shark in Florida on Wednesday, June 10. Leah Lendel's hand was partly severed in the incident, but doctors worked to reattach it at a hospital, her uncle Max Derinskiy told NBC News. "The doctors were able to do some miracles and put her hand back together," Derinsky said.

2 weeks ago | scmp.com | Alex Lo

Of course American authorities are deliberately hyping up their case against two Chinese researchers for allegedly trying to smuggle into the country an “agroterrorism agent” that is commonly found across the US. It fits right into Washington’s fierce propaganda campaign that makes many Chinese-born researchers and students in the United States automatically suspect, and turns China effectively into an enemy state. The Chinese side has condemned the charges as “political manipulation”.

2 weeks ago | johnmenadue.com | Alex Lo

Ally or not, no one with a decent sense of self-preservation can afford to take a security guarantee by the United States at face value nowadays. People often make a situation worse because they are unhappy with the status quo. The United States is doing exactly that over Taiwan. In doing so, it is, as PLA Major-General Hu Gangfeng said, destabilising the whole region.

3 weeks ago | scmp.com | Alex Lo

Going by some past Western media reports, China tried to ban Christmas. Ironically, though, many Hongkongers chose to celebrate last Christmas on the mainland because of attractions such as special festive events at giant shopping centres as well as superior services and affordable rates at top hotels in Shenzhen and nearby cities. Last Christmas Eve alone, more than 289,000 Hongkongers crossed into Shenzhen. But that wasn’t unusual.

3 weeks ago | scmp.com | Alex Lo

People often make a situation worse because they are unhappy with the status quo. The United States is doing exactly that over Taiwan. In doing so, it is, as PLA Major General Hu Gangfeng said, destabilising the whole region. US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth made headline news at the Shangri-La Dialogue for regional security in Singapore last week by warning of “devastating consequences” if China tried to “conquer” Taiwan.