(My quarterly Newsletter goes out to some 8,000 professional contacts worldwide. The following is my January 2023 issue. Back numbers may be accessed under What's New on my website)
Greetings! May I first wish you and your loved ones a Happy Holiday Season and a rewarding 2023!
As we experience some festive relaxation, dark clouds continue to gather on the horizon. How would the Ukraine war pan out, with Russia losing or regaining the upper hand? Is a new multipolar World Order beginning to take shape, or will American hegemony continue to endure? Would US-China relations stabilize into a new normal, flashpoints like Taiwan notwithstanding? How would China's population, a fifth of humanity, cope with a sudden transition from a "dynamic zero-Covid" strategy to "living with the virus", as the pandemic appears to morph into a less deadly endemic like many other countries?
Testing uncertainties remain. The following may hopefully offer some useful perspectives, including sunshine in the horizon.
World Order
How Xi’s Saudi Arabia visit shows rise of new world order beyond US hegemony (Op-ed in the South China Morning Post)
China-Arab ties enter new era Op-ed in China Daily national and global version; republished on Rome-based World Geostrategic Insights.
Momentum building for more inclusive global order (Op-ed in China Daily, national and global version). The Hong Kong version is titled US still mired in a 'Cold War' mindset, but the tide's turning Also published in Chinese by Hong Kong's Chinese media and by Rome-based World Geostrategic Insights in French, Spanish and Russian.
Russia's Medvedev met with President Xi alluding to emergence of new world order? (Exclusive live interview on RT)
China, including HK, could turn ‘winter of despair’ into ‘spring of hope’ (Op-ed in China Daily) Republished with attribution by World Geostrategic Insights in French, Spanish, Russian, Arabic and by Chinese media outlets (some abridged): 來論｜冬天來了，春天還會遠嗎？; 文匯論壇 | 香港如何在全球變局中轉危為機？
The West is misreading China’s Party Congress at the peril of world stability (Op-ed in Rome-based World Geostrategic Insights), republished in French, Spanish, Russian, and Arabic. Also appeared in China Daily
Cambridge Poll shows 70% of World Now Supports China (An analysis)
How the World Order is transforming into a Multipolar Contest for Global Power (and if a Brave New World is possible?) (An 80-slide PowerPoint presentation)
China urges US to abandon its bullying to reign in the Asian country’s development (Live discussion on Press TV)
Xi: China opposes interfering in other countries' domestic politics, opposes double standards (Interview with Press TV)
Forum MEDays 2022, Tangier, Morocco, 2-5 November; "From Crises to Crises; Towards a New World Order?" (Conference highlights)
China's Party Congress
Deciphering China's 2022 National Party Congress (Live TV interview with WION, India)
China's ruling party approves sweeping reshuffle at end of week-long gathering in Beijing (Live interview with Press TV)
President Xi opening the Party Congress - Hong Kong and Taiwan (Live interview with WION TV of India)
China's Party Congress underway (Live interview with NDTV of India)
20th Party Congress - Common Prosperity (RTHK Backchat)
应抓住世界百年未有之大变局加快粤港澳大湾区融合发展 (Chinese transcript of a talk "Seizing the opportunity of century to accelerate Greater Bay Area integration")
China's Covid strategy
Is China hiding its COVID-19 numbers? (TV panel discussion on TRT World)
China: dilemma of Zero-Covid strategy (Live TV interview with WION TV of India)
Is China's Covid model broken (Live interview with India Today TV)
China's Protests
Rare anti-Xi protest in Beijing days before China's Communist Party meet (Live TV panel discussion on India Today TV)
What actually happened outside the Manchester Chinese consulate (Live interview with RT)
Taiwan
President Xi doubles down on Taiwan; praises Hong Kong for emerging from chaos to governance (Interview with Press TV)
Ukrainian delegation visits Taiwan - why and wherefore (Live interview with RT)
North Korea
North Korea says needs indigenous missile program for self-defense (Live interview with Press TV)
North Korea: Missile tests self-defense against direct US military threats (Live panel discussion with Press TV)
Cheer up and chill out
Experiencing Tangier, Rabat, Chefchaouen (Blue City), and Casablanca (A music video clip)
I have added a new entry "Enjoying Nature to the Full" on Song Dynasty poet Lu You (陆游) and some other inspirational translations to my repertoire of inspirational music, videos, songs and words.
Speaking and lecturing opportunities
I will be having a month-long sojourn in London in March 2023. During my stay, 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 joined the International Advisory Board of Silk Road Partners, an international investment firm. See its corporate profile. Mr Yves Leterme, ex-Prime Minister of Belgium (November 2009 to December 2011) has recently joined the International Advisory Board.
If you are interested in getting in touch with us, please give me a shout.
Consultation services
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Andrew K. P. Leung, SBS, FRSA
International and Independent China Strategist
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Positions
Brain Trust member, The Evian Group (global think-tank), Lausanne, Switzerland
International Expert, Reuters Insight Community of Experts, Thomson Reuters
Advisory Board member, China Policy Institute, Nottingham University, UK (2005 -2010)
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
