(My quarterly Newsletters go out to some 8,000 professional contacts worldwide. The following is my October 2023 issue. Back numbers may be accessed under What is New on my website.)
Greetings!
The muddled contest for shaping the World Order is accelerating. In face of a seemingly endless proxy war of attrition in Ukraine and quickening 2024 U.S. election challenges, President Biden is walking a tightrope balancing a no-holds-barred China-containment campaign with America's best economic interests.
Meanwhile, the "Global South" tectonic plates are shifting, typified by recent Arab Peninsula rapprochements brokered by China and droves of developing nations wanting to join the BRICS group. However, grappling with multiple headwinds both domestic and international, China is not yet out of the woods, notwithstanding signs of resilience belying much of anti-China doomsday rhetoric.
Hopefully, the following may throw up some useful perspectives in navigating through an increasingly complex and treacherous world!
World Order
G20 Summit - 10 key points to debunk its myths (China Daily Op-ed)
China at the UN General Assembly : How to read Beijing's New Proposal on Global Governance (An Asia Society expert panel discussion)
China's Role in a Multipolar World (A 60-slide PowerPoint presentation)
Why doesn't President Xi attend the 2023 G20 Summit? (Exclusive live TV interview)
China
Sinophobic "de-risking" unlikely to derail China's renaissance (China Daily Op-ed) Republished by Rome-based World Geostrategic Insights in French, Spanish, Russian, and Arabic. Chinese versions appeared in China Daily and 网易首页
What do China’s curbs on Gallium and Germanium mean for the World? (China Daily Op-ed) Republished by World Geostrategic Insights in French, Spanish, Russian, and Arabic
China's defeated youth (An in-depth analysis)
China expands legislation against espionage (Exclusive TV interview with Aljazeera English)
Rome-based World Geostrategic Insights - Compendium of China Op-eds (A specially-created feature on World Geostrategic Insights)
Global car revolution
How China shifted gears on electric vehicles - and why it matters (An in-depth analysis in The National Interest)
EU
China-EU economic row (Live interview with Press TV)
Taiwan
The United States has approved a plan to sell more weapons to Taiwan (Live interview with Press TV)
China launches military drills in "stern warning" to Taiwan (Live interview with Press TV)
North Korea
N Korea fires two missiles after nuke-armed US submarine docks in South Korea (Live interview with Press TV)
Azerbaijan
What brings Azerbaijan and China close to each other? (Exclusive TV interview with Azerbaijan's Institute for Development and Diplomacy)
Hong Kong
8th Belt and Road Summit in Hong Kong (Backchat on RTHK)
Cheer Up and Chill Out
Inspirational videos and excerpts for life's down-moments
2023 Summer vacation in London, Wales and Scotland (A YouTube music video)
International investment opportunities
I am on the International Advisory Board of Silk Road Partners, an international investment firm. Mr Yves Leterme, ex-Prime Minister of Belgium (November 2009 to December 2011) has joined the same 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
Andrew Leung International Consultants and Investments Company Limited
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
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
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 AffairsThink-tank Research Fellow, Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai Campus, PRC (14.4.2017-13.4.2020)
International Advisory Board Member, Silk Road Partners
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)
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)
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
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
