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2018 MEDays Forum, 7-10 November, Tangier - IN THE AGE OF DISRUPTION: FINDING THE NEW PARADIGMS

As a sponsored Speaker, I spoke on (a) Reshaping China-Africa relations including the Belt and Road Initiative (b) Africa, Asia, and South America - Realistic, concrete and effective South-South Partnership and (c) Trump. Kim, Macron, Putin, MBS - From Leadership to Disruption.

2018 MEDays Forum, Tangier

Speaking Notes: (a) Download China-Africa Business - B&R - Reshaping relations (Card Version) (b)  Download Africa Asia and South America - Realistic concrete and effective South-South Partnership (Card Version) (c)  Download From Leadership to Disruption (Card Version)

Interview - A new Africa-China alliance dedicated to free trade, multilateralism and world peace

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US moderate rhetoric helped Asian marlets rebound

My live interview with Press TV on 1 November, 2018. 

Andrew's September 2018 Newsletter

(My quarterly Newsletter goes out to some 7,000 professional contacts worldwide. The following is my September 2018 issue. Back numbers may be accessed under What's New on this website) 

Greetings! After an extended visit to Europe, I am back in Hong Kong for a long, hot summer. Temperatures are rising everywhere. An all-out great-power tussle masked as a trade war is being played out between the US and China. America First continues to be pressed home across the globe, weaponizing hegemonic powers in finance, trade and currency. Not even allies are spared. Decades of established global rules and norms are being up-ended. The only constants appear the laws of nature and the law of the jungle. As the big elephants fight, the "wary rest" are all hedging their bets. The world order as we know it is fracturing. Would all the king's horses and all the king's men come to the rescue if the king wants to start anew?  How will China respond to the new paradigm? 

Nevertheless, US frustrations with China's trade practices are widely shared. It is in China's interests to address them. However, any fundamental redress necessitates structural reforms to the Chinese economy already bracing from headwinds. China's retaliation against America's tariffs has so far been measured and targeted, with an eye to negotiations. But what reforms can China implement quickly? How would the trade war play out? 

Amidst this great anxiety, the following may offer some fresh perspectives. 

Trade war

US-China rivalry for power masked as a trade war (An in-depth analysis) 

Trade War - live TV interview on TRT and radio interview on BBC (Cantonese channel) (A brief snapshot) 

Behind the controversy over Huawei and ZTE (Live TV interview on ABC (Australia Broadcasting Corporation)

Trade war is part of push-back against China's challenge of a US-defined world order (An in-depth analysis) 

US-China Trade War - Cooperation, not War, is key to Mutual Prosperity (Feature article in The Global Analyst, a leading business journal in India) 

Never mind the trade war, this is how China and the US can both get what they want (Op-ed in the South China Morning Post, a shortened version of the foregoing) 

A Multilateral and Strategic Response to International Predatory Economic Practices (US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations hearing) 

Trade Architecture Needs to Accommodate Both US and Chinese Systems (A Hinrich Foundation article)

China fights back against America's threat to the China Dream but success is not assured (An analysis) 

Geopolitics

Great Decisions 2018 - China and America: the new geopolitical equation (A presentation by the Dean of the School of Strategic Land Power at the US Army War College in Pennsylvania) 

Top 10 largest economies in 2050 according to PricewaterhouseCoopers 

Understanding China

The Four Traps China may fall into (Article by Yangzhong Huang of the Council on Foreign Relations, New York)

Economy and finance

Debunking Myths about China's Economy (Interview by Yukon Huang, Senior Fellow, Asia Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington D.C)

The real battle fields of US-China rivalry and China's bond market (A Gavekal Research report)

How much is China opening up its financial sector? (An Economist Intelligence Unit article) 

China’s Financial Liberalization: Time to Restart (A research note by BBVA, a Spanish bank) 

Belt and Road Initiative

The Belt and Road Initiative - Risks and Opportunities (An analysis based on research of The Economist and the Trade Development Council) 

Military

An Accounting of China's Deployments to the Spratly Islands (An Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative article)  

North Korea

North Korea accuses the US of double-dealing - What is happening? (Ins and outs of the latest twists and turns) 

What is the significance of the Trump-Kim deal, including views by US allies (Live interview with Radio Sputnik of Moscow)

What to make of Giuliani's remark and prospects for a deal on eve of 12 June Trump-Kim Summit (An analysis including live interview on RT) 

Trump's North Korean Summit on/off (Live TV interview on RT on 25 May)

Energy

China's Electricity Sector - A Lantau Group Report, April 2018

Ecology and Sustainability

China releases 2020 action plan for air pollution (A China Dialogue report) 

Greening the Belt and Road Initiative (A WWF-HSBC Report) 

Is China heading towards a water crisis? (A report for the House of Commons Foreign Relations Committee) 

Urbanization and smart cities

China's city clusters - a new urbanization model? (An analysis and a panel discussion) 

Hong Kong

Building the Future - how science and technology links the future of Hong Kong to the mainland (A NATURE business report) 

What a smart city blueprint would look like - a Hong Kong example (A SCMP infographic summary of the Hong Kong Smart City Blueprint Consultancy Study)

Middle East

How Iran has been gaining in the Levant and how changing dynamics may reverse its fortune (A Britain Israel Communications and Research Center (BICOM) report)

How China and Germany could cooperate on salvaging the Iran nuclear deal? (Interview with Radio Sputnik of Moscow)

My coming speaking engagement in Tangier, Morocco

I have accepted an invitation as a Sponsored Speaker at the Amadeus Institute's 2018 MEDays Forum in Tangier, Morocco from 7-10 November. I will be speaking on The New Silk Road to Africa, South-South Partnership and Disruptive Leaders. I will be uploading my presentations on my website in due course. 

Cheer up and chill out

My family summer holiday highlights in music videos

A repertoire of inspirational music, videos, songs and words, There is also a collection in Chinese. 

Cross-border M & A propositions

You are welcome to send me propositions on a no-commitment basis initially. 

Separately, you are welcome to reach out to my son Terence, a Cambridge-educated Prince Phillip Scholar and UK-qualified lawyer-turned-banker. He has over ten years M & A experience in London with Allen & Overy, Deutsche Bank, and Houlihan Lokey. He is now based in Abu Dhabi working on private equity with the Marya Group. His personal email address is terencehyleung@gmail.com

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 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.

RSS feed and weblinks

My postings are regularly uploaded under my three blogs CHINAwatch, Publications and What is New on www.andrewleunginternationalconsultants.com  A collection of leading China media and research sites can be found under China Links.

Please feel free to save my website on your computer, laptop, tablet, Blackberry, iPhone or iPad as a reference resource. If you wish instant access as soon as my postings appear, just click on “Subscribe to this blog’s feed” under RSS Feed on top of the right-hand column of each blog. Select the appropriate Google feed option. It is free of charge.  

This newsletter is uploaded to my website here. You may save it for reference or reading at leisure and to share it on Facebook, LinkedIn, Whatsapp, Twitter or other social media devices.

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If you think that I may add value to your endeavours in any way, please let me know how I may help.  If for any reason you do not wish to receive my emails, just ask me to delete your name from my databank permanently. 

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, re-incorporated in Hong Kong)

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) 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    

The Belt and Road Initiative - Risks and Opportunities

The Economist (28 July - 3 August, 2018) cover story Planet China - What to make of the Belt and Road Initiative  and a more detailed Briefing China's Belt and Road Initiative - Gateway to the Globe offer a balanced account of China's overarching grand design to connect continents to China through ports, high-speed rail as well as related trade and investments.

On the one hand, this massive initiative provides much-needed capacity-building infrastructure to cash-strapped developing countries. On the other, it raises concerns about opacity, enslaving indebtedness, lack of corporate governance, and risks of creating a China-centric regional order blind to perceived "predatory trade practices". 

As pointed out by these reports, absent joint development of rules of engagement with a wider range of stakeholders, not least international institutions such as the IMF and the World Bank, and advanced countries such as those of the European Union, the Belt and Road Initiative will struggle to inspire global confidence and to fulfill its ambition of realizing a "global community of common destiny". 

Nevertheless, in terms of freight between China and transcontinental destinations, perhaps nothing illustrates the logistical advantages of the Belt and Road Initiative better than the 10,000 km long Zhengzhou-Europe Railway – also known as the China-Europe Railway Express (Zhengzhou) or CR Express Zhengzhou.

The line passes through Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Russia, Belarus, Poland and Germany (Hamburg and Munich). It takes about 15 days from Zhengzhou to Germany via the Zhengzhou-Europe line - about three to four weeks less than travelling by the sea route. The cost of railway transport is anywhere between 20% and 80% that of air transport, and the heavier the cargoes the bigger the saving.

According to HKTDC Research, the Railway represents a unique “one main line, three branch lines” multimodal network, "connecting the Zhengzhou-Europe line with the eastern coastal ports, including Qingdao, Lianyungang and Tianjin. Zhengzhou is also making use of multimodal transport to connect with Busan and Incheon in South Korea, and with Tokyo and Osaka in Japan; and taking advantage of China’s high-speed railway network by connecting the Zhengzhou-Europe line with the Beijing-Guangzhou Railway and Lanzhou-Lianyungang Railway, in a bid to improve its domestic distribution network."  

China releases 2020 action plan for air pollution

Feng Hao's article of 6th July in China Dialogue , an independent organization focussing on China's ecological challenges, outlines the import of China's latest 2018- 2020 Air Pollution Action Plan and catalogues some of the achievements and shortfalls of the antecedent Action Plan. 

The latter Plan only set PM2.5 targets for the three big city clusters of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei and the Pearl and Yangtze Deltas. 

"In Beijing this meant reducing PM2.5 levels from 89.5µg/m³ (micrograms per cubic metre) down to 60. To do so, Beijing closed its coal-fired power stations, and banned people in surrounding areas from burning coal for heat. These measures were costly and controversial, but they enabled the city to achieve an annual average PM2.5 level of 58µg/m³ – a drop of 35%.

..... In the end, China’s three biggest city clusters (Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, and the Pearl and Yangtze deltas) all beat their targets.

But even so, no Chinese city yet reaches the World Health Organization’s recommended annual average PM2.5 level of 10µg/m³. And as of the end of 2017, only 107 of China’s 338 cities of prefectural level or higher had reached the WHO’s interim standard of 35µg/m³."

Without setting new targets, the new Action Plan puts pressure on laggard cities and regions. Emphasis is placed on the rust-belt Fen-Wei Plains, which include Xi’an and parts of Shaanxi, Henan and Shanxi provinces. Also targeted is the worsening problem of ozone pollution, adding new reduction targets by 2020 of 10% for VOCs (volatile organic compounds) and 15% for nitrogen oxides emissions (on a 2015 baseline).

Trade war is part of push-back against China's challenge of a US-defined world order

An insightful analysis on Bloomberg Quint by Raj Bhala on 6 July 2018 explains why Why China’s Growth Doesn’t Work For America Anymore.  In addition to trade deficits, alleged predatory trade practices including intellectual property theft and forced IP transfers, the Trump administration's crosshairs make much play of "Made in China 2025", China's national roadmap to technological dominance. What is at stake appears to be not just trade, but America's national interest as rule-setter and custodian of an US-centric world order. 

Writing in Foreign Policy on 13 April, 2018, Philippe Legrain opines why China will win the trade war. China is deeply imbedded in the global supply and value chain. About 60% of US's tariffs would hit US products or businesses at home or abroad reliant on China's intermediate parts and components. As China's economy becomes less dependent on manufactured exports, its exposure to  Trump's tariffs is relatively limited. Oxford Economics, an economic consultancy, estimates that these tariffs will knock 0.1 to 0.2 % off China's growth this year. Click here

Net exports (less imported components) represents only 2% of China's GDP, while the United States accounts for only 19% of China's total exports. About two-thirds of the 25 largest exporting companies based in China are foreign owned. One-third of the value-added from all Chinese exports accrues to other countries, including American companies and business intermediaries in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Germany. Click here They are likely to bear the brunt of trade war tariffs. 

China has trade diversion and monetary means to cushion at least part of the impact. On the other hand, America businesses and consumers would be hard pressed to find sufficient and compatible substitutes at comparable costs. The real-life experience depicted in an award-winning journalist's 2008 book A Year without ""Made in China" is instructive. Click here

While there are no real winners in a trade war, a rule-of-thumb account of Who Wins, Who Loses is penned by Tom Holland of the South China Morning Post dated 6 July. His uptake suggests that the tariffs may well do more harm to the US economy than they do to hurt China. An analysis dated 27 June, 2018 on American Action Forum, a US center-right policy institute, thinks likewise. 

Nevertheless, much of America's complaint about China's economic and trade practices is shared by the European Union. There are similar dissatisfaction with China's intellectual property track record and lack of trade access reciprocity. 

Resolving this escalating confrontation with the United States therefore requires more than trade concessions such as buying more American goods and commodities (e.g. natural gas) as well as further opening up of the financial and service sectors. Much can be achieved by responding to the United States's strategic concerns, including legitimate safeguard of intellectual property and the extent and manner of state subsidies to technology firms. 

Could a comprehensive deal between the United States and China happen by way of a bilateral trade and investment agreement? Considering the clash of national interests, it is easier said than done. Only time will tell. 

What could complicate a possible trade deal is the perception that China is not playing fair in the South China Sea. While China's economic clout in the world has been ascendant, its soft power has considerably receded from a high watermark in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Now, most Americans along with an increasing number of Western countries view China's rise negatively.

Apart from responding positively to concerns about China's trade practices and market access, China could do well by moderating its assertiveness in the South China Sea. Much goodwill could be gained by such initiatives as joint resource exploration with rival territorial claimants and partnerships with state and non-state stakeholders in ecological management of these waters.  

Last but not least, China should tune down the hype and triumphalism of China's Rise. As a ten-thousand-ton panda, it is no longer possible to hide under the bushel. Nevertheless, there is a great deal of wisdom in ancient Chinese adages warning of pride and hubris. Afterall, in the light of America's stranglehold in key strategic sectors including currency, finance, semiconductor and other technological fields, China's ascendancy is by no means assured. Click here  

Building the Future - how science and technology links the future of Hong Kong to the mainland

Editor Jack Leeming illustrates the above development with a series of interviews of people in the know in this May edition of Naturejobs, a subsidiary of the renowned science journal NATURE. I was one of the interviewees. 

Download Building the Future, Naturejobs

 

Greening the Belt and Road Initiative

According to a May 2018 report of the International Renewable Energy Agency headquartered in Abu Dhabi, 43% of the world's renewable energy jobs are in China. These include 65% of global solar PV jobs, 44% of wind energy jobs, and 21% of hydro power jobs. Download IRENA_RE_Jobs_Annual_Review_2018

China's green energy capacity underpins the attainment of President's Xi's dream of a "Beautiful China", part and parcel of the "China Dream" of national renaissance in coming decades. It also supports the clarion call of greening China's global Belt and Road Initiative. 

According to a WWF/HSBC report Greening the Belt and Road Initiative of January 2018, hydro-electric power accounts for 22% of all BRI projects, ahead of rail infrastructure (19%), manufacturing (13%), coal (12%), miscellaneous (12%), ports (8%), roads (7%) and other energy resources (7%). Three-quarters are in power and transport infrastructure, though still devoid of solar PV or wind power projects. The investment trend seems to shift towards special economic zones, manufacturing and urban infrastructure development. Hence, the BRI has huge potential to help realize the UN Sustainable Development Goals, including Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Sustainable Cities and Communities, Clean Water and Sanitation, Climate Action, Life on Land and Life below Water. 

Download WWF-HSBC Repaort - Greening-the-belt-and-road-initiative

A concurrent study Greening the Belt and Road by Renmin University in collaboration with the City of London Corporation, Green Finance Initiative, among others, proposes wider partnership with multilateral development banks, more room given to private capital, better project debt management, and more effective green finance governance covering conservation, bio-system adaptation, 
carbon capture and storage, energy efficiency, including co-generation, and smart grids, pollution control, prevention, and treatment, green buildings, green products and materials, renewable energies, sustainable agriculture and forestry, sustainable transport infrastructure including urban rail, metro, electric and hybrid vehicles, recycling, waste management, as well as water efficiency and wastewater treatment. 

Download Renmin Universityb et al Greening-the-Belt-and-Road

 

 

Top 10 largest economies in 2050 according to PricewaterhouseCoopers

According to a YouTube presentation , PriceWaterhouseCoopers predicts that by 2050, the world's top 10 largest economies by GDP in nominal terms (denominated in trillion US dollars) will be as follows -

• No. 1 - China (50)
• No. 2 - USA (34)
• No. 3 - India (28)
• No. 4 - Indonesia (7.3)
• No. 5 - Japan (6.8)
• No. 6 - Brazil (6.5)
• No. 7 - Germany (6.1)
• No. 8 - Mexico (5.6)
• No. 9 - United Kingdom (5.4)
• No.10 - Russia (5.1) 

This forecast means that by 2050, 

• China's economy will be almost 1.5 times larger than the United States as number 2 and almost 10 times the UK as number 9.
• China plus India's will be larger than the rest of the top ten economies combined. 
• The size of Indonesia's economy will leapfrog from the 16th position today to the 4th, while Mexico will jump from the 15th to the 8th.
• China with the rest of the developing top ten will be 86% larger than the Western top ten combined (excluding Russia). 

These numbers suggest that dynamics are already set in motion shaping a tectonic shift of world power by mid-century. 

Andrew's May 2018 Newsletter

(My quarterly Newsletter goes out to some 7,000 professional contacts worldwide. The following is the May 2018 issue. Back numbers may be accessed under What's New on this website.) 

Greetings! Notwithstanding appearances, the jigsaw of President Trump's anti-China moves is becoming clear. A massive trade war targets "Made in China 2025", China's blueprint for technological advancement. A Taiwan Travel Act threatens China's One China Policy. Rallying Japan, Australia and India, a US-led loosely-defined QUAD, including military exercises and alternative regional infrastructural projects, pushes back against China's growing gravitas including the Belt and Road Initiative. On the cards are tightening US visa requirements for Chinese students and reviving the US-led Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) with new trade rules excluding China. Between these two Great Powers, nothing less than a tussle for regional, if not global, dominance is at stake. It may well be a smokeless fight but collateral damage ensues nonetheless.

Added to uncertain talks with North Korea and a smothering Syria, one can be forgiven for getting a little anxious. Hopefully the following may offer some perspective. 

China's Rise

China Reinvents Itself but is unlikely to displace American leadership (An in-depth analysis of China's latest economic and technological prowess and why China is not to lead the world anytime soon)

Amazing China (A CGTN documentary) 

China's politics

Move to abolish Xi's term limit - more is at stake than power grab (An in-depth analysis) 

Geopolitics

Misreading President Xi's New Power risks falling into the Thucydides Trap (Feature article in The Global Analyst, a leading business journal in India). A re-written shorter version appears as an Op-ed Sinophobia should not define America's China Policy in the South China Morning Post. 

How a Sino-US relationship reset would help make America great again (Op-ed in the South China Morning Post)  This was condensed from a fuller analysis Why fixating on countering China’s Rise won’t keep America safer and more prosperous

US Stratcom Commander warns Russia and China of retaliatory annihilation (Live radio interview with Radio Sputnik of Moscow) 

How 5-S holistic harmonization with China’s global connectivity including Belt and Road may drive a New Era of Common Destiny with America (A PowerPoint presentation merging 5-S management principles with international relations) 

Trade war

How China may respond to a full US trade war (An in-depth analysis)

Does free trade have a future with Donald Trump's tariff war? (Inside Story live TV panel discussion on Aljazeera English Channel) 

Trump's trade tariffs on steel and aluminum herald global trade war? (Live TV interview with RT)

North Korea

Prospects for denuclearizing North Korea (Live TV interview with RT) 

Why North Korea chooses to talk now? (Live TV interview with RT) 

Why US excludes China and Russia in the 20-nation talks in Canada on North Korea? (Live TV interview with RT)

Middle East

Possible mid-term election motive for Trump's missile attack at Syria (TV interview with RT)

A snapshot of the unsettling dynamics of the Israeli-Palestinian situation (Excerpt of speech at a European Council for Foreign Relations conference) 

China's outlook

With the rise of protectionism, would the economy be in trouble in China and rest of Asia in 2018? (A full-length PowerPoint presentation) 

What can we expect in China in 2018? (Resume of a McKinsey analysis) 

China in 2018: What It Will Mean for the Global Economy? (Feature article in The Global Analyst, an Indian business journal) 

Should China Fear US Tax Reform? Not Really (A research note by Nataxis, a French bank) 

China business

China's "OMO" "New Retail" is set to revolutionize retail businesses across the globe (Two eye-opening videos)

Eversheds Sutherland's Investment Laws in Key Belt and Road Countries, 2018 (A compendium of diverse laws)  

HNA acquires Glencore's global storage and logistics network for oil commodities (A Toutiao 今日头条  article (in Chinese)) 

Hong Kong

Hong Kong to legislate National Anthem law (Live TV interview on TRT World, based in Istanbul) 

Hong Kong's By-election for four vacated LegCo Seats (Live TV interview with Aljazeera English Channel) 

My coming extended visit to London

I will be away from Hong Kong from 3 May  to 8 August on an extended visit to London. During 19-28 July, I will be enjoying a family summer holiday around Pula, Croatia. You are welcome to visit me in London or Croatia for lunch, tea, or dinner, if this suits your itinerary or fancy. 

Cheer up and chill out

A repertoire of inspirational music, videos, songs and words, There is also a collection in Chinese. 

Cross-border M & A propositions

You are welcome to send me propositions on a no-commitment basis initially. 

Separately, you are welcome to reach out to my son Terence, a Cambridge-educated Prince Phillip Scholar and UK-qualified lawyer-turned-banker. He has over ten years M & A experience in London with Allen & Overy, Deutsche Bank, and Houlihan Lokey. He is now based in Abu Dhabi working on private equity with the Marya Group. His personal email address is terencehyleung@gmail.com

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 receptive 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.

RSS feed and weblinks

My postings are regularly uploaded under my three blogs CHINAwatch, Publications and What is New on www.andrewleunginternationalconsultants.com  A collection of leading China media and research sites can be found under China Links.

Please feel free to save my website on your computer, laptop, tablet, Blackberry, iPhone or iPad as a reference resource. If you wish instant access as soon as my postings appear, just click on “Subscribe to this blog’s feed” under RSS Feed on top of the right-hand column of each blog. Select the appropriate Google feed option. It is free of charge.  

This newsletter is uploaded to my website here. You may save it for reference or reading at leisure and to share it on Facebook, LinkedIn, Whatsapp, Twitter or other social media devices. 

Courtesies

I look forward to your guidance, advice, comments, suggestions, and criticisms. You may share the above contents with colleagues or friends. You are also welcome to publish any of them with full attribution. 

If you think that I may add value to your endeavours in any way, please let me know how I may help.  If for any reason you do not wish to receive my emails, just ask me to delete your name from my databank permanently. 

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, re-incorporated in Hong Kong)

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) 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) 

Download 中國香港國際經貿合作協會簡介和組織架構  

Download A brief introduction to the China-Hong Kong Economic and Trading International Association

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