Lo was born in 1949 to (), a communist Chinese editor of a
Hong Kong newspaper. He was raised and educated in Hong Kong and later continued his studies in the city of
Guangzhou, where he experienced the
Cultural Revolution during the 1960s. He later returned to Hong Kong and began working for a communist newspaper, like his father. Lo ended his ties with the Communist Party when his father was arrested by the Chinese government. He instead began working in
Beijing as the chief representative for the
Trade Development Council of Hong Kong, but he resigned the post in early 1989 after seeking business opportunities in trade between Hong Kong and the PRC. Lo was married to children's author (Zhou Mimi), the daughter of the well known writer
Huang Qingyun. Lo died in 2010 at
Queen Mary Hospital in
Pok Fu Lam from the combined effects of a
lung infection,
diabetes, and a weakened immune system. ==Notes==