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Experiencing Tangier, Rabat, Chefchaouen (Blue City), and Casablanca

MEDays 2022 post-Forum 6-9 November interlude - music video slides. 

Download MEDays 2022 - Tangier Rabat Blue City Casablanca (with Arabic music)

Forum MEDays 2022, Tangier, Morocco, 2-5 November; "From Crises to Crises; Towards a New World Order?"

The MEDays Forum is organized by the Amadeus Institute, a Moroccan think tank based in Rabat and chaired by Brahim Fassi Fihri under the patronage of King Mohamed VI. It is considered by some observers to be the African Davos, as it is attended by some African heads of state and senior policy advisors including those from Western countries. The 14th Edition was held in Tangiers from 2 to 5 November 2022.

My attendance as a sponsored Speaker included speaking engagements on three separate sessions: Day 3 - Round Table 3 - Global Energy Governance: New World Order, New Energy Order?; Day 3 Session 8 - Doing business in Africa in times of crises: How can China contribute; Day 4 - Session 10 - US-China relations and tensions in the Indo-Pacific region: Is a Pax Sino-Americana possible in this fractured world? Details of the Forum program may be accessed here.

I reported on my interventions on Day 4 - US-China Relations in an Op-ed published by China Daily on 20 November 2022.

Following are some images of my attendance at the Forum:

 

 

How the World Order is transforming into a Multipolar Contest for Global Power (and if a Brave New World is possible?)

PowerPoint presentation to EGN Founding Chairmen Group on 7 October 2022 

Download How the World Order is transforming into a Multipolar Contest for Global Power (Revised)

The same presentation, with an additional slide on the latest CPC Party Congress, was made to the EGN Pioneers Group on 18 October 2022.

Download How the World Order is transforming into a Multipolar Contest for Global Power (Revised) (Updated) 

North Korea: Missile tests self-defense against direct US military threats

Live panel discussion on 9 October 2022 with Press TV. 

Andrew's October 2022 Newsletter

(My quarterly Newsletter goes out to some 8,000 professional contacts worldwide. The following is my October 2022 issue. Back numbers may be accessed under What's New on my website) 

Greetings!

The world we have known for decades has now been turned upside down. A sense of uncertainty, anxiety and foreboding permeates everywhere. The Ukraine War is dragging on to a shivering European winter. Hell-bent on racking a revanchist Russia, it is threatening to engulf the rest of the world with nuclear Armageddon. Historic inflation and Fed rate hikes are ravaging economies across the globe. Extreme drought and weather conditions bear witness to worsening global Climate Change. Far-right neo-Nazi and neo-Fascist political parties are having a field day in hitherto liberal European democracies. All these are set on the grand stage of a no-holds-barred smokeless war of titans mounted by the United States, the extant world hegemon, against China as its perceived challenger, at the expense of collateral disruptions in four corners of the globe.

To make some sense of all this chaos, the following may offer some helpful perspectives.

Geopolitics

How American hubris is hastening the decline of US-led global order (Op-ed in South China Morning Post) 

Can SCO summit lead to a new world order? (Live TV panel on TRT World) 

Will NATO’s new strategic concept work? (Live debate on Inside Story with Aljazeera English) 

Russia's war games with China - implications (Live TV panel discussion on TRT World) 

Efforts to battle climate change should not be smeared as ‘China threat’ (Op-ed in China Daily)  

China's solar power manufacturers dominate global green energy market (Live interview on RT) 

China-US relations 'headed to worst ever times' over Pelosi visit (A commentary) 

Solomon Islands signed security pact with China earlier in 2022 angering US, allies (TV interview on Press TV) 

Implications of the Biden-Xi 2-hour 17-minute talk (Hong Kong Today on RTHK radio morning news) 

China warns Asian nations to avoid being used as 'chess pieces' by big powers (Live TV discussion on Press TV) 

US arms sales increase under Biden (Press TV news report)

 

China
China could turn "winter of despair" into "spring of hope" (Op-ed in China Daily (English) republished in  Chinese, French, Spanish, Russian and Arabic
China's latest China's troubled economy Q2  2022 (Exclusive live TV interview on Aljazeera English News, Washington D.C.)        
Why are Chinese companies leaving US stock markets? (A commentary)
Sichuan earthquake and why is it so important (Exclusive live TV interview on TRT World)  

 

Ukraine 

How the Ukraine War changes Global Geopolitics (Op-ed in World Geostrategic Insights) republished in French, Spanish, Russian, and Arabic

How the Ukrainian Crisis redefines Eurasian geopolitics in a changed world (An in-depth international conference PowerPoint presentation) 

Putin accuses US of 'trying to prolong Ukraine war, destabilize region' (Live interview on Press TV) 

 

Taiwan

Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan hastens its reunification with mainland (Op-ed in China Daily)  

Pelosi's visit to Taiwan Spiking Tensions Between the U.S. and China - whys and wherefores (Exclusive interview with Rome-based World Geostrategic Insights) republished in French, Spanish, Russian and Arabic.

China: US weapons sale sends wrong signals to ‘Taiwan independence’ separatist forces (Live interview on Press TV) 

Pelosi's Taiwan visit and US-China relations (broadcast in Persian) (Pre-recorded interview in English broadcast in Persian on Iran International, only in last segment from time counter 38:03) 

US military exercises in Taiwan Strait in coming weeks (Exclusive live TV interview on Aljazeera English Channel)

Taiwan faces fallout of Pelosi visit (Live TV interview on WION) 

Implications of Nancy Pelosi's Taiwan visit (Exclusive Live TV interview on RT) 

Nancy Pelosi's Taiwan visit explained (dubbed in Russian) (Pre-recorded TV interview broadcast in Russian on Ren TV) 

China starts live-fire exercises around Taiwan in response to Pelosi visit (Live interview on Press TV) 

Nancy Pelosi says China cannot prevent world leaders from travelling to Taiwan (Live interview on Aljazeera English Channel)

 

Japan

Pentagon: Washington approves potential deal to supply 150 advanced air-to-air missiles to Japan (Live discussion on Press TV) 

 

North Korea

North Korea passes a law allowing it to carry out a preventive nuclear strike (Exclusive interview on Press TV) 

Pyongyang says joint U.S.-South drills justify North nukes development (Live discussion on Press TV) 

North Korea’s leader heats up the rhetoric against the US (Live discussion on Press TV) 

 

Middle East and Africa

What does China's massive African debt forgiveness tell us about so-called "debt trap diplomacy"? (Exclusive interview on RT) 

Biden's plan for the Middle East (Pre-recorded English interview broadcast in Russian on IZ TV) 

 

Hong Kong

President Xi affirms long-term role of the ‘one country, two systems’ (Op-ed in China Daily) 

CGTN Washington DC - The Heat: Hong Kong celebrates 25 years since its return to China (Live TV panel discussion on CGTN, Washington DC.) 

Priorities and challenges for the HKSAR new administration (Backchat on Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK)

 

Forthcoming conferences

As an invited sponsored Speaker, I will be appearing in person at the 14th MEDays Forum to be held in Tangier, Morocco, from 2 - 5 November, 2022 on the theme of "From Crisis to Crisis: Towards a New Global Order?" I will be sharing my presentations in quarterly newsletters in due course.  

Speaking and lecturing opportunities

Separately, I am planning a month-long sojourn in London before summer 2023.  During my stay in London, I remain open to invitations or proposals for interviews, speaking engagements, visiting lectures or tailor-made electives as a visiting/adjunct professor. 

International investment opportunities

I have accepted the invitation to join the International Advisory Board of Silk Road Partners, an international investment firm. See its corporate profile. If you are interested in getting in touch with us, please give me a shout. 

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

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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Cheer up and chill out

I have added some more inspirational translations to my repertoire of inspirational music, videos, songs and words.

Courtesies

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Best personal regards, 

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) 

International Advisory Board Member, Silk Road Partners

Download Silk Road Partners - corporate profile 24-06-2022

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     

Can SCO summit lead to a new world order?

Live TV panel discussion on TRT World of 15 September 2022.

North Korea passes a law allowing it to carry out a preventive nuclear strike

Live interview on Press TV on 9 September,2022

US arms sales increase under Biden

News report of Press TV dated 6 September 2022 (including a brief excerpt of a pre-recorded interview with me from time-counter 03:30) 

Pyongyang says joint U.S.-South drills justify North nukes development

Live TV interview on 23 August, 2022 with Press TV. 

North Korea’s leader heats up the rhetoric against the US

Live discussion on 29 July, 2022 with Press TV.