What's New

India Budget 2021:How will India woo corporate refugees exiting China?

TV panel discussion on 30 January, 2021 with WION (World is One News), an international English-language news-based pay TV channel based in India. (My interventions are from time counter 2:09; 11:24; and 21:47) 

Controversy over Hong Kong British Nationality (Overseas) (BNO) Passports

Live TV interview on Channel News Asia (CNA), Singapore's leading English-language Asian News Network.

Interview opinion piece on Moscow-based Sputnik News broadcasting in 30 languages to key regions and countries around the world, including the United States (Washington, DC), China (Beijing), France (Paris), Germany (Berlin), Egypt (Cairo) and the UK (London and Edinburgh).

Hong Kong's elderly transport subsidy

Backchat with RTHK (Radio Television Hog Kong) on 20 January, 2021 (My intervention is in the top bar, starting from time counter 16:45 to 23:58)

Dozens of Hong Kong opposition members arrested for subversion

Exclusive TV interview on TRT World on 6 January, 2021 

Hong Kong fugitives crossing into Mainland China tried according to China's laws

Live TV interview with TRT on 28 December, 2020

Macau and Hong Kong different paths to China. Why?

Inside Story TV panel discussion with Aljazeera English on 20 December, 2020

Andrew's January 2021 Newsletter

(My quarterly Newsletter goes out to some 8,500 professional contacts worldwide. The following is my January 2021 issue. Back numbers may be accessed under What's New on my website) 

First, may I wish you a Merry Christmas and a most prosperous 2021! 

 

2020 will be remembered as the year turning the world upside down. A global pandemic of the century has exposed the fragility of health systems and deepened the fissures of globalization. US-China relations have sunk to an all-time low with bipartisan consensus branding China a systemic menace and arch competitor. Hong Kong and Taiwan are now caught in the crossfire while the rest of Asia are hedging their bets. The tectonic shifts in geopolitics are being felt in supply chains worldwide. A new Biden Presidency is raising some expectations without clearing fundamental anxieties.  Amidst the engulfing fog, the following may hopefully offer some new perspectives. 

 

US-China geopolitics

 

With Biden, China gets four years to remake itself as a likeable, trusted power. It must seize the moment (Op-ed in South China Morning Post) 

The New China Scare - Why America Shouldn’t Panic About Its Latest Challenger (A think-piece in World Strategic Insights) The same piece as a commentary with views from an American YouTuber at the end) 

US-China Economic and Security Review Commission 2020 Annual Report to Congress (An analysis) 

US-China: Is it a paradigm shift? (A full panel YouTube discussion on the annual MEDays Forum originally scheduled for Tangier, Morocco) 

Automakers file lawsuits against Trump administration (Live interview on Press TV)

 

China Overview

 

Why the world needs China (A YouTube presentation by an American digital entrepreneur) 

Beijing passes new whistleblower law (Live TV interview on WION of India) 

Automakers file lawsuits against Trump administration (Live interview on Press TV)

 

Asia

 

Political Economy of a Biden Presidency and RCEP - Implications for the Asian Region (A PowerPoint presentation) 

How Asia would fare with a Biden Presidency and RCEP? (A PowerPoint presentation) 

 

Taiwan

 

US arms sales to Taiwan aimed at pushing back against China (Live interview on Press TV) 

Beijing vows retaliation over US arms sale to Taiwan (Live TV interview on RT)

 

India

 

China's border dispute with Nepal and alleged "debt trap" (TV discussion on CNN News 18 (India) 

 

Hong Kong

 

A post-Trump era; Hong Kong 2020 and beyond (A PowerPoint presentation) 

Anti-Beijing activists handed prison sentences in Hong Kong - whys and wherefores (Live TV interview on TRT World) 

Need for judicial reform in Hong Kong? (Backchat on RTHK (Radio Television Hong Kong) 

Disqualification and resignation of Hong Kong's pan-democrats (Backchat on RTHK (Radio Television Hong Kong)

Arrest of seven anti-Beijing lawmakers in Hong Kong (Live TV interview on TRT World) 

Hong Kong's 12 fugitives and human rights (Backchat on RTHK (Radio Television Hong Kong)

Should HK permanent residents on the Mainland be assisted to exercise their right to vote (Backchat on RTHK (Radio Television Hong Kong)

The future of RTHK (Radio Television Hong Kong) (Backchat on RTHK (Radio Television Hong Kong)

HK civil servants required to take oaths of allegiance (Backchat on RTHK (Radio Television Hong Kong)

 

Cheer up and chill out

A repertoire of inspirational music, videos, songs and words. There is also a collection in Chinese.

Invitation for expressions of interest in investment opportunities

An upended world abounds with fresh BUY and SELL investment opportunities on many fronts across the globe, including new technologies, new markets and new businesses. If you wish to avail yourself of my business network worldwide, please drop me a line on a strictly no-commitment basis initially. A UK property and alternative asset opportunity is featured here .

Consultation services

Please email me at andrewkpleung@gmail.com or text my Hong Kong mobile +852 98198987.  I can also be reached on Skype at andrew.k.p.leung, LinkedIn at andrewleunginternational, Whatsapp at (852) 98198987, WeChat at Andrewkpleung, Facebook at andrewkinpongleung, and Twitter at @Andrewkpleung

Speaking and lecturing invitations

I am open to invitations or proposals for speaking engagements, visiting lectures and tailor-made electives as a visiting/adjunct professor. 

Business networking and speaking platform in Hong Kong

As an Advisor to the Denmark-based Executives' Global Network Hong Kong, I welcome your suggestion of a suitable speaker for an EGN event in Hong Kong. This will be entirely at our own cost with acknowledgement of your support, provided that we are not asked to cover any speaking fee, travel or accommodation expenses.

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Andrew K.P. Leung, SBS, FRSA

International and Independent China Strategist

www.andrewleunginternationalconsultants.com  

Positions  

Chairman and CEO, Andrew Leung International Consultants and Investments Limited

(Founded in London, now re-incorporated in Hong Kong; name changed from Andrew Leung International Consultants Limited as from 10 July, 2017) 

China Futures Fellow, Berkshire Publishing Group, Massachusetts, USA (2011-13)
Brain Trust member, The Evian Group (global think-tank), Lausanne, Switzerland

Gerson Lehrman Group (Global Experts) Council Member
International Expert, Reuters Insight Community of Experts, Thomson Reuters

Senior Analyst, Wikistrat , a cloud-sourced global strategic consultancy based in Washington D.C.

Senior Consultant, MEC International (a UK-based global strategic energy consultancy) 

Distinguished Contributor, Asymmetric Threats Contingency Alliance (ATCA) (global think-tank)

Professor of Practice, Hong Kong Institute of Education for Sustainable Development (2018-20)

Certified Sustainable Development Planner, World Institute of Sustainable Development Planners

Fellow of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (FRSA)

Elected Member, Royal Society for Asian Affairs

Think-tank Research Fellow, Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai Campus, PRC (14.4.2017-13.4.2020) 

Advisory Board member, The e-Centre , European Centre for e-Commerce and Internet Law, Vienna 

Honorary Adviser, International Institute of Management (IIM) 

Advisory Board member, The Global Analyst, India

Honorary President, China Hong Kong Economic and Trading International Association (from 28 March, 2016) 

Global Commercial Agent, Changsha City, China

Hong Kong Advisory Board member, Denmark-based Executive Global Network (EGN)

Visiting Professor, London Metropolitan University Business School 

Governing Council Member, King’s College London, UK (2004-2010)
Advisory Board member, China Policy Institute, Nottingham University, UK (2005 -2010)

Visiting Professor, Sun Yat-sen University Business School, China (2005-10)
Founding Chairman, China Group, Institute of Directors City Branch, London, UK (2006-2010)
Vice Chairman, 48 Group Club, UK (2008-2010)
Committee Member of RSA, London Region, UK (2006-2010)
Included in UK's Who's Who since 2002
Awarded the Silver Bauhinia Star (SBS) in the July 2005 Hong Kong Honours List  

HK civil servants required to take oaths of allegiance

Backchat with RTHK (Radio Television Hong Kong) on 16 December, 2020. (My intervention is included in the top bar, starting from time counter 16:48)

Political Economy of a Biden Presidency and RCEP - Implications for the Asian Region

PowerPoint presentation to the Hong Kong EGN Founding Chairmen Group meeting on 12 November, 2020. (Due to Covid-19 pandemic, the meeting was conducted via Zoom)  Download Political Economy of a Biden Presidency and RCEP - Implications for the Asian Region

MEDays Talks 2020

The MEDays Forum is an annual international conference in Tangier focusing on global issues attended by hundreds of delegates across the world. It is organized by the Amadeus Institute, a think tank under the auspices of HRH The King of Morocco. This year, thanks to Covid-19, the Forum moved online to take the form of MEDays Talks via Zoom, running from 10-17 November.

I was invited to speak on two panels  (a) AFRICA, ASIA AND SOUTH AMERICA (3A) : BUILDING STRONG SOUTH-SOUTH PARTNERSHIPS AFTER THE COVID-19 on 12 November and (b) US - CHINA : IS-IT THE PARADIGM SHIFT ? on 17 November.

Due to a last-minute hospitalization, I was unable to make the first panel. My Speaking Notes are here. Download MEDays 12.11.2020 - 3 As Cooperation

I was, however, fortunate to be able to take part on the second panel as scheduled. The full panel discussion is now available on YouTube. My Speaking Notes are here for reference. Download MEDays - US-China - 17.11.2020