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Is the world prepared for a looming Covid-19 pandemic?

Live TV panel discussion on Indus News on 26 February, 2020 (My part starts mid-way through the video clip)

Over 500 passengers allowed to leave ship after being tested negtive for Covid-19

Live interview with PressTV on 22 February, 2020

Andrew's March 2020 Newsletter

(My quarterly Newsletter goes out to some 8,500 professional contacts worldwide. The following is my March 2020 issue. Back numbers may be accessed under What's New on this website) 

Greetings from Hong Kong!

We are still in the grip of somewhat overlapping crises, epidemic and political. The Motherland is facing an unprecedented double-whammy. The economic fallout from a bitter trade war with the United States is far from over. At the same time, death of a prominent Covid-19 epidemic whistle-blower exposed the fault lines of China's top-down model for all to see, both within and outside China. This hands convenient ammunition to "China hawks" across the aisle on Capitol Hill at a time of sharpening contest between a US-led liberal world order and its perceived challenger. 

In a way, Hong Kong is an epitome of a disrupted world on all fronts. These include widening political divides, clamour for social justice, epidemic black swans, Climate Change, vulnerability to over-globalization and one-sided supply chains, and collateral damage resulting from intensifying US-China rivalry, not to mention disruptive technologies like 5-G and artificial intelligence. 

How these crises and disruptions unfold will not only re-configure economies, businesses, and international relations across the globe, but will likely re-shape the world order and people's daily lives in decades to come. 

Hopefully, the following may offer a little food for thought.

Covid-19 Crisis 

Latest development on the coronavirus crisis in Hong Kong and the Mainland  (Live radio panel discussion on Backchat with Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK)

China injects $173 billion to stabilize economy following virus outbreak (Live interview with PressTV) 

WHO declares international health emergency on Wuhan novel coronavirus  (Live interview with PressTV)

Hong Kong under political stress

Six powerful reasons for Beijing to rethink how Hong Kong should be governed, in the interests of long-term stability (South China Morning Post Op-ed) 

Hong Kong should enact national security laws, then seek a more liberal way to elect the chief executive (South China Morning Post Op-ed) 

Tsai’s win won’t help HK protests (Quoted in The Strait Times) 

China sanctions US NGOs in China in retaliation of the enactment of Hong Kong Human Rights & Democracy Act (Sputnik News radio interview and article) 

End of siege of HK Polytechnic University, discovery of cache of petrol bombs and weapons and HK Human Rights and Democracy Act (Live interview with RT) 

Hong Kong protests after Beijing's Fourth Plenum (Two-part TV interview on Talk the Walk with HKIBC (Hong Kong International Business Channel) 

Over 200 demonstrators arrested after weekend of increased violence  (Live TV interview on RT) 

 

US-China Rivalry

 

Trump threatens to cut off intelligence sharing with countries using Huawei (Live interview with PressTV)

After UK, France allows Huawei on 5G participation, with stringent safeguards (Live interview with PressTV)

China raps US defense bill targeting its firms (Live interview with PressTV)

US National Security Commission Report on Artificial Intelligence (Interim Report for Congress, November 2019) 

What does the new US-China trade deal mean? (Live interview on Indus News) 

China’s largest utility plans a national power grid integrating Internet of Things technologies (A South China Morning Post report) 

Abe re-sets relations with China despite obstacle over East China Sea (Live TV panel discussion on Indus News) 

China has agreed with US to cancel tariffs in phases (Live TV interview with Channel News Asia (CNA))

Is Trump using Hong Kong unrest as leverage in trade talks with China? (Quoted in RT article) 

 

China in the 2020's

 

China in the 2020's - Expect Game-Changing Developments (Feature article in The Global Analyst) 

The article also appears on World Geostrategic Insights

The seven trends that will define China in the 2020s (Op-ed in South China Morning Post) 

 

Global Distrust Crisis

 

MEDays Forum 2019 - 13-16 November, 2019, Tangier, Morocco (Presentations (Speaking Notes) and photos) 

 

7th International Conference on Eurasian Politics & Society on 14th–15th May 2020 in Lisbon, Portugal.

 

Subject to exigencies, I am scheduled to present at the above international conference my full-length Paper How will Eurasian Integration of China's Belt & Road Initiative fare in defending a Multipolar World Order. Should this materialize, I will upload my Paper and PowerPoint presentation to this website afterwards. 

 

A wet and wintry autumn family break in Cadiz and environs 

 

(A short music video capturing some special moments)  

 

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. 

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 also 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

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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)

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Certified Sustainable Development Planner, World Institute of Sustainable Development Planners

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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) 

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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 

Latest development on the coronavirus crisis in Hong Kong and the Mainland

Live radio panel discussion on Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK)'s Backchat talk show on Monday 10 February, 2020. 

(Go to Part 2 - starting 0903 a.m. My interventions featured from time counter 11:23 to 11:76 and from 25:28 to 29:19)

China injects $173 billion to stabilize economy following virus outbreak

Live interview with PressTV on 2 February, 2020

WHO declares international health emergency on Wuhan novel coronavirus

Live interview with PressTV on 31 January, 2020.

Cadiz & environs Autumn 2019

Rainy family holiday in Cadiz and environs in Spain, autumn 2019. Click here

 

Abe re-sets relations with China despite obstacle over East China Sea

Live TV panel discussion on Indus News on 26 December, 2019 (Move the time-counter to 23:23 for the start of the topic)

China raps US defense bill targeting its firms

Live interview with Press TV on 26 December, 2019

China sanctions US NGOs in China in retaliation of the enactment of Hong Kong Human Rights & Democracy Act

Radio interview with Sputnik News Agency of Moscow on 2 December, 2019. A Sputnik article of 4 December follows