(My quarterly Newsletters go out to some 8,000 professional contacts worldwide. The following is my April 2025 issue. Back numbers may be accessed under What is New on my website.)
Greetings!
The past few months of President Donald Trump's return to the White House have well and truly upended the whole world. Gone with the wind is the US-led "liberal world order" based on internationally accepted rules and norms. Replacing it is the America First rule of the jungle.
China has long prepared for this eventuality. President Xi's prescient directive to attain technological self-reliance is now paying dividends. Russia, Iran and even North Korea are starting to embrace these dynamics.
Long-established US allies like Canada, UK, France, Germany, Denmark and other European nations, are struggling to face the sudden reality of having to stand on their own feet. The Global South, not least in the Arab Peninsula, are, like the rest across the globe, rebalancing themselves in a more diffused and dystopian "multipolar" world, which is becoming both fractured by Trump 2.0 yet more interconnected by AI and the digital Fourth and Fifth Industrial Revolutions.
Hopefully, some of the following may help you to navigate these turbulent and uncertain waters.
World Order and Geopolitics
Hutchison’s port deal is much more than a pure business decision (Op-ed in China Daily)
Ten Reasons Why 2024 Marks an Inflexion Point Upending the Global Order - Journal on Political Sciences & International Relations (Also published in Rome-based World Geostrategic Insights, including versions in Chinese, French, Spanish, Russian, and Arabic.
How Trump is creating a more peaceful and cooperative multipolar world (Op-ed in South China Morning Post)
Paradigm Shifts Upending the World Order 2025 (A PowerPoint presentation)
What Trump 2.0 would mean for China and rest of the world (Live TV discussion on CNBC News 18)
US/China relations
US-China relations under Trump 2.0 - Key challenges (Exclusive TV interview with NewsX)
U.S. Russia possible thaw - impact on China (Live TV interview with AnewZ)
American "TikTok refugee" folk song on heart-warming exchanges (A commentary)
Tariffs
Trump's obsession with tariffs in a shifting world order (Interview with Russia's Izvestia TV)
China's Tit-for-Tat Tariffs (Feature article in The Global Analyst)
China Imposes Retaliatory Tariffs on Canadian Goods Amid Trade Tensions (Live TV interview on NewsX)
Shipping firms pull out of Hong Kong to skirt US tariffs - dynamics (Radio interview with Singapore's Channel News Asia (CNA) )
Trade and competitiveness
China's Trade Surplus of One Trillion Dollars and Counting - implications (Feature article in The Global Analyst)
China is well-placed for the Fourth and Fifth Industrial Revolutions (Op-ed in China Daily)
Belt and Road Initiative
How Eurasian Integration of China’s Belt and Road Initiative Defends a Multipolar World Order (Published as Chapter 5 in Trends and Transformations in World Politics, Lexington Books)
Broader Total Quality lessons for China's Belt and Road Initiative (PowerPoint presentation at a Total Quality Management international conference in Hong Kong)
Miscellaneous on China
China's Ultimate Power Move: Why They're Flexing Hard in 2024 according to Elon Musk (YouTube video clip and analysis)
New virus in China? (Live TV panel discussion on NewsX World)
Taiwan
President Xi's New Year Message on Taiwan's future (Live TV debate on News X)
Military tensions over Taiwan - implications explained (Live TV debate on NewsX)
Taiwan Detains China-linked Cargo Ship After Undersea Cable Disruption in Taiwan (Live TV interview on NewsX)
Rising Tensions in Taiwan Strait: Implication of China’s Military Actions (Live TV interview on NewsX)
UK/Australia
AUKUS alliance at risk: Will Trump abandon Australia and UK? (Live TV interview with TRT World)
India
World's Largest Dam To Be Built By China Raises Concerns In India, Bangladesh (Live TV panel discussion on CNN News18)
PM Modi Urges Dialogue, China Calls For An Elephant-Dragon Dance (Live interview on CNBC TV18)
ASEAN
Indonesia Economic Summit 2025 (Backchat on RTHK (Radio Television Hong Kong)
North Korea
North Korea Demolishes Family Reunion Site (Live TV interview on News X)
Hong Kong
Preparing the next Hong Kong generation for Future Business Leadership in a New Global Economy (Briefing to a group of Hong Kong parents)
Has Hong Kong got too much red tape? (Backchat on RTHK (Radio Television Hong Kong)
Cheer Up and Chill Out
A 10-point Multimedia Outlook on Life (Music video)
Inspirational videos and excerpts for life's down-moments
Summer sojourn in London
I will be staying in London during the period 3 July through 4 September this year. Whilst in London, I would be happy to meet up or accept speaking engagements/consultations in person.
International investment opportunities
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Best personal regards,
Andrew K. P. Leung, SBS, FRSA
International and Independent China Strategist
Andrew Leung International Consultants and Investments Company Limited
Positions
Brain Trust member, The Evian Group (global think-tank), Lausanne, Switzerland
International Expert, Reuters Insight Community of Experts, Thomson Reuters
Elected Member, Royal Society for Asian Affairs
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
Awarded the Silver Bauhinia Star (SBS) in the July 2005 Hong Kong Honours List
