What's New

Minning Town - China's new popular TV series recently dubbed in English and Arabic for global distribution

The original Chinese TV series 山海情 consisting of 23 epistles delves into China's poverty relief struggle in the 1990s, full of heart-wrenching ups and downs. It has recently been dubbed in English and Arabic for global distribution, winning wide acclaim. The English version can be watched here.

Unlike "Wolf Warrior" films, the series should appeal to a massive audience in the poverty-stricken "global South". The effort appears to be a tale-telling breakthrough in projecting China's 'soft power" globally.  

The backdrop is China's continuing poverty relief struggle. Since 1980, China has managed to lift some 800 million people out of extreme poverty (defined as per capita income of US$2.3 a day). Click here However, images of throngs of ultra-modern middle-income spenders notwithstanding, some 600 million Chinese still live with US$5 a day. Click here 

Andrew's January 2022 Newsletter

(My quarterly Newsletter goes out to some 8,500 professional contacts worldwide. The following is my January 2022 issue. Back numbers may be accessed under What's New on my website) 

Greetings! May I first wish you a promising and rewarding 2022, pandemics notwithstanding! 

 

From a trade and tech war, US bipartisan pushback against China is morphing into a clash of civilizations. Along with close Western allies, the United States is doubling down on demonizing China at every turn, imposing sanctions, denying access to markets and technologies, expanding provocative "Freedom of Navigation Operations" in the South China Sea, employing "salami slicing" tactics to advance Taiwan's de facto independence, and calling for a "diplomatic boycott" of China's Winter Olympics. All the while, the US expects China to open up more of its markets, cooperate on Climate Change, North Korea, Iran and Afghanistan, in short to bow in all to US-defined rules and objectives. All these are opening up "century of humiliation" wounds of a more globally-influential, technologically-savvy, militarily-advanced, and ideologically-self-assured China under President Xi. 

 

Attitude is no strategy. Unsurprisingly, the US tactic of maximum coercion doesn't appear to have yielded fruitful results, not to mention broken global supply and value chains, and rising domestic inflation. "Strategic miscalculations" abound, forgetting that politics remains the art of the possible. This is especially true with a peer competitor set to become the world's largest economy within a decade, one on which 128 of 190 countries worldwide depend as their largest trading partner, and one with a completely different ideology, culture and ancient civilization. 

 

The following may hopefully offer some fresh perspectives.  

 

US-China Rivalry

 

Seven reasons the US and China should be building more bridges not tearing them down (Op-ed in the South China Morning Post)

To avert mutual destruction with China, President Biden should move from "maximum confrontation" to "constructive re-engagement" (An in-depth analysis)

How will a new US-China "Cold War" play out? (Feature article in World Strategic Insights) Also published in French, Italian, Russian, and Arabic. The originating analysis is here.

Competition Without Catastrophe - Can America both challenge and coexist with China?  (Op-ed in World Strategic Insights) The originating analysis is here. 

What are America's anti-China "strategic miscalculations" or "misjudgments"? (Live interview with Press TV)

What the US-led Democracy Forum doesn't say (Live interview with Press TV)

Xi-Biden virtual summit (Radio interview with Washington-DC based Feature Story News)

US-China tensions (Indus News In Focus TV panel discussion)

 

Mainland China

 

China's Sixth Party Plenum, the New Cold War, and the Contest for new Global Order (A PowerPoint presentation) 

Xi's Plan to build PRC 3.0 - November Party Plenum (Feature article in World Strategic Insights) Also published in Spanish, French, and Russian  A background analysis is here

China: The Evergrande Crisis (Feature article in The Global Analyst) Also republished with permission in Spanish in World Strategic Insights 

China's Common Prosperity Goal  (Feature article in The Global Analyst) Also republished with permission in Spanish in World Strategic Insights 

Is China's Dual Circulation Strategy moving from market driven growth to planned allocation? (Op-ed in World Strategic Insights) The originating analysis is here.

China's Stagflation Risks - Warning Signals  (Feature article in The Global Analyst) 

CPC's Central Committee Sixth Plenum - What does it signify? (Backchat with Radio Television Hong Kong) 

China: Time of Xi (3-part TV documentary introducing President Xi's vision of the China Dream)

 

Russia

 

President Putin's virtual summit with President Xi - what's on the agenda - Russian TV channel (Pre-recorded video interview dubbed in Russian) 

 

Taiwan

 

China may possess 1,000 nuclear warheads by 2030, unlikely to invade Taiwan in next few years (An in-depth analysis)

China warns U.S. against having any illusion about Taiwan (Live interview with Press TV) 

US to pay unbearable price over Taiwan (Live interview with Press TV)

Taiwan plans to boost combat capabilities of its reserve forces (Live interview with Press TV) 

China defends recent drills near Taipei (Live interview with Press TV) 

U.S. special forces quietly training Taiwanese (Live interview with Press TV) 

Rising tensions over Taiwan (Live interview with Press TV) 

 

India

 

Modi-Putin summit on defense cooperation - what does it imply?  (The Debate on India's Republic TV)

How to de-escalate tensions over the Line of Actual Control (LAC) between India and China (Live panel discussion on India's CNBC TV18)

How Indian television hypes up one-sided rhetoric to demonize China as aggressor (Live panel discussion on India's Republic TV)

From Indian border clashes to tension over Taiwan (Live panel discussion on India's CNBC TV18)

 

Taliban, Pakistan

 

Taliban and the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) (Pre-recorded TV interview broadcast in Persian on Iran International TV headquartered in London).

 

North Korea

 

N. Korea views joint U.S.-South war games as rehearsal for possible invasion (Live interview with Press TV) 

 

Covid-19

 

China calls U.S. intelligence review into origins of COVID-19 'political & false' (Live interview with Press TV) 

 

Hong Kong

 

One Country Two Systems Revisited (Chapter 7 in The Rise of China – Fresh Insights and Observations, published by the Paddy Ashdown Forum (PAF)

Hong Kong elections: 153 hopefuls vying for 90 seats, first time every constituency being contested (Live TV interview on Channel News Asia (CNA)) 

Hong Kong social welfare spending cuts (Backchat on Radio Television Hong Kong) 

 

China's Winter Olympics

 

China warns not to politicize sports as some western countries boycott Beijing game (Live interview with Press TV) 

 

Cheer up and chill out

 

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

Invitation for expressions of interest in investment opportunities

An upended world abounds with fresh BUY and SELL investment opportunities on many fronts across the globe, including new technologies, new markets and new businesses. If you wish to avail yourself of my business network worldwide, please drop me a line on a strictly no-commitment basis initially. 

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.

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 endeavors 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, 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) 

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 

Why Hong Kong protesters' remaining demands are not realistic

Live interview on Sky News TV on 22 September, 2019.

How 5-S holistic harmonization with China’s global connectivity including Belt and Road may drive a New Era of Common Destiny with America

My PowerPoint presentation at the Beijing Institute of Technology, Zhuhai Campus, China, 2 - 4 April, 2018 where I was a Distinguished Keynote Speaker at the 22nd International Conference on ISO & TQM - Cultural Harmonization via ISO & TQM for the OBOR Countries. 

Download Zhuhai 2018 - 5-S holistic harmonization of China's Belt and Road

Below is an Abstract of my presentation.

Download Abstract - 22-ICIT Zuhai Conference 2018 - 5-S holistic harmoinization of human progress

 

Andrew's mid-September 2017 Newsletter

(My quarterly Newsletters go out to some 6,000 professional contacts worldwide. The following is the mid-September issue. Back issues may be accessed under What's New on this website.) 

Greetings! 

The world is changing at a rapid pace. There are many question marks. What is the shape of President Xi's new team at the coming 19th Party Congress? Will US-China relations change for better or worse? How will China's relations with India and the EU evolve?  Will North Korea keep on being the wild card? What is to become of the Chinese economy? What is Hong Kong's future? The following may give you fresh perspectives.

 

China - Overview

 

China under President Xi Jinping (Part one of a four-part proprietary PowerPoint presentation)

How China connects the world (Part two of a four-part proprietary PowerPoint presentation)

China's Future Mega Projects (2016-2050) (A Trade Development Council video) 

A video compendium of China's history from early civilization to end of imperial dynasties (CCTV 100-video series)

 

China Economy and Business

China: Early fruits of corporate deleveraging add to growth resilience (A BBVA Research Note) 

China's Investment Landscape: Finding New Opportunities (A China Briefing report)

Making sense of Chinese outbound M & A (A McKinsey article) 

China sees biggest wave of overseas returnees (A report of Center for China and Globalization) 

Chinese luxury market trends 2017 (Synthesis of EIU, Mckinsey, Bain, Deloitte, and other reports) 

A new era of China global influence - media and films, droves, electric cars and the "i-can" generation (Various research sources) 

Emerging Market 7 (EM7) drives global growth twice as much as G7 (Brookings Institution article) 

 

US-China relations

 

How Trump may accelerate change of the world order (Part three of a four-part proprietary PowerPoint presentation)

Destined for war? China, America and the Thucydides trap (Book review) 

Substantial 100 Day-gains avert US-China trade war for time being (A Ming Pao Daily editorial) 

Trade war between China and US would inflict damage to a lot of countries (Interview with Radio Sputnik) 

Is Trump starting a trade war with China in the midst of the North Korean crisis? (Interview with Radio Sputnik) 

 

North Korea

 

What North Korea wants - a "grand bargain"  (Live TV interview on RT and video of Kevin Rudd's address to Swedish Institute of International Affairs) 

North Korean "hydrogen bomb" test demands thinking outside the box (Live TV interview on RT) 

North Korea launches missile over Japan (Live TV interview on RT)

US and South Korea hold military drills amid threats from Pyongyang (Live TV interview on RT) 

"Talk is over" over North Korea? - How the crisis can be diffused  (Live TV interview on RT and various research sources)

 

EU-China relations

 

EU–China Economic Relations to 2025: Building a Common Future (A Joint Report by Bruegel, Chatham House, China Center for International Economic Exchanges and Chinese University of Hong Kong) 

 

China/India

 

Is Japan's investment in India making China worried?  (Live TV interview on WION, New Delhi) 

India-China Stand-Off and North Korea Crisis Impact on OBOR (PowerPoint presentation) 

India, China "expeditious disengagement" deal over Doklam (Live TV interview on WION, New Delhi) 

China mocks India with a racist video over Doklam standoff  (Live TV interview on RT and various research sources)

 

Central Asia

5-S Governance recipe for sustainable development in Central Asia (Paper published by Foreign Policy Research Center, New Delhi) 

 

Cyber Warfare

 

Beijing’s Views on Norms in Cyberspace and Cyber Warfare Strategy (A US Center for International Maritime Security analysis) 

 

Environment 

 

"Parched - Global Water Wars" - A National Geographic documentary now dubbed by RTHK in Cantonese (Video) 

Home - a film by Yann Arthus-Bertrand on ecology and sustainable development (Full-length film and videos) 

 

Hong Kong

 

Hong Kong must guard "One Country" for the sake of "Two Systems" (My Op-ed in the South China Morning Post)

How a delicate balance under One Country, Two Systems may guarantee its attractiveness beyond 2047 (My Op-ed in the South China Morning Post)

"Hong Kong's Political Prisoners" - The Wall Street Journal (A critique) 

Hong Kong: The Future (Part four of a four-part proprietary PowerPoint presentation)

Coming oversea engagements

 

I will be speaking at the Aegean Economic Forum at Izmir, Turkey 25-26 October and the Amadeus Institute International MEDays Forum in Tangier, Morocco, from 8-11 November. Thereafter, I will be based in London before returning to Hong Kong on 5 December. 

 

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. Please limit details to a one-page PDF document, including key financial data, photo images, contact phone numbers and email addresses. 

 

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 now works on private equity with Abu Dhabi's 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

 

Please email any 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.andrewleunginternat ionalconsultants.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 are welcome to share any of my papers, articles, presentations, and TV interviews with your 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 Limited

(Founded in London, now re-incorporated in Hong Kong)

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

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, Thompson Reuters

Senior Analyst, Wikistrat, a cloud-sourced global strategic consultancy

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

Visiting Professor, London Metropolitan University Business School

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

Advisory Board Member, The Global Analyst, India

Hong Kong Advisory Board Member, Denmark-based Executive Global Network (EGN)

Honorary Adviser, International Institute of Management (IIM) 

Global Commercial Agent, Changsha City, China

(The following until 19 May 2010, on permanent relocation back to Hong Kong)

Governing Council Member, King’s College London, UK (2004-2010)
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)

Visiting Professor, Sun Yat-sen University Business School, China (2005-10)

Included in UK's Who's Who since 2002
Awarded the Silver Bauhinia Star (SBS) in the July 2005 Hong Kong Honours List 

"Parched - Global Water Wars" - A National Geographic documentary now dubbed by RTHK in Cantonese

At the invitation of National Geographic TV, I gave a two-hour recorded interview at the Robert Bosch Stiftung Building in Berlin on 23 May, 2016. The topic was looming water conflicts between China and India, which shares the waters from the Tibetan Plateau. My interview was to be used, together with other interviews and filming on location, for a four-part National Geographic TV documentary Global Water Wars, to be released worldwide in spring, 2017. 

Attached are my Speaking Notes for my interview. 

Download AndrewLeung Interview with National Geographic - Speaking Notes  

The film, named "Parched - Global Water Wars" was aired by National Geographic on 4 April, 2017 across the United States, with over 86 million paid household subscribers. The film addresses water as an increasingly hotly-contested scare resource with geopolitical and humanitarian consequences. Illustrations featured in the documentary are (a) Syria involving the ISIS, (b) the West Bank involving Israel and the Palestinians (c) the Tibetan Plateau involving China and India. I appeared briefly in the last eighth of the film, on the Tibetan Plateau. 

The documentary has now been dubbed in Cantonese and aired as part of a Radio Television Hong Kong's series 危機潛藏 世界搶水大戰  (6 September 2016). (Scroll forward the time counter to 42:00 to view my appearances). 

A new era of China global influence - media and films, droves, electric cars and the "i-can" generation

China is re-doubling her efforts in going-global. It's not just the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)

It's now mobile games, cinemas, film-making and distribution, worldwide. Witness the latest mobile game expansion to the U.S. and Europe of Tencent Holdings (of WeChat fame), China's largest internet media company. Or, notwithstanding recent regulatory clamp-down on "grey rhinos" (large and obvious but often neglected threats), the creation of a film empire by the Wanda Group - constructing a movie metropolis of the east in Qingdao and a global film distribution network at once partnering with and challenging Hollywood. 

As the West-dominated world order is rapidly changing, the above symbolizes efforts to realize the China Dream of global renaissance. What appears to be emerging is a new narrative of "Rise, Fall and Re-emergence as a Global Power". China's global influence was at its height from 1100-1800, ending with the emergence of Western imperialism driven by the First Industrial Revolution.

China, learning from history, is embracing the Fourth Industrial Revolution with a vengeance. It's early days yet. However, for a start, a Shenzhen company DJI has become the world's largest drove manufacturer and has bigger plans for the future. A battle for global dominance in the battery market for future electric cars is raging. According to the Financial Times, "as carmakers invest more heavily in electric vehicles, the lithium-ion battery will be a key technology for at least the next decade, creating a market Goldman Sachs estimates will be worth $40bn by 2025 and dominated by China". (Electric cars: China’s battle for the battery market, 5 March 2017).

Added to the above is China's so-called "i-can" generation, armed with the wealth of the baby boomers and the tech savvy of the millennials. According to Helen Wong, Chief Executive, Greater China, at HSBC, "they number more than 400 million people, or ­almost a third of China’s population and more than the working populations of the US and Western Europe combined. This new generation is expected to drive 65% of consumption growth in China until 2020, when they will make up around 53% of total consumption spending, up from 45 % in 2016. ...... In the long term, this new, modern Chinese consumer of the “i-can” generation will transform China into a more digital and consumer-driven economy...... And their massive spending power will not just be the backbone of China’s sustainable growth, but the primary engine of global economic stability." Click here

A video compendium of China's history from early civilization to end of imperial dynasties

CCTV's epic production of a 100-video series (Chinese-language only) captures the struggle and evolution of China's diverse and evolving civilization that underpins the Chinese nationhood. 

Home - a film by Yann Arthus-Bertrand on ecology and sustainable development

A full-length film by Yann Arthus-Bertrand, the aerial photographer and author of Earth from Above (Part I  and Part II), captures the stunning kaleidoscope of ecology and human survival, begging soul-searching questions about human development, equality, and harmony with Nature. It flags up disturbing data of rapid ecological degradation, reckless development and looming ecological collapse hastened by Climate Change. Yet it ends with a message of hope with the latest drives by NGOs, responsible governments and private citizens in a last-ditch joint campaign without borders to create a more sustainable global village - our Home. 

 

 

          

Andrew's July 2017 Newsletter

Greetings! Let me first wish you an enjoyable and rewarding summer. 

 

While uncertainties remain around the globe, a less murky picture begins to emerge. Trump holds fast to his unpredictable persona and his transactional "America First" unilateralism, calling into question the United States' post-war leadership in the global commons. With a fractured Europe remaining to be healed and a Middle East mired in factional rivalries, China's growing international influence is increasingly sought after, lack of capacity and reluctance to step into America's shoes notwithstanding. This begs the question how the world order will be modified and how relations with Beijing should be managed, including, perhaps, future prospects for Hong Kong's One Country, Two Systems.  

 

For your summer reading, may I offer the following perspectives - 

 

Hong Kong

 

How a delicate balance under One Country, Two Systems may guarantee its attractiveness beyond 2047 (Op-ed in the South China Morning Post) 

HKSAR's 20th Anniversary - Has One Country Two Systems worked? (A Sky News live interview) 

Hong Kong SAR's 20th Anniversary - how to better connect Hong Kong's young generation (A TV panel discussion on The Point with Beijing's CGTN (re-styled from CCTV) 

Economic Cooperation in the Greater Bay Area  (Back Chat show with Radio Hong Kong) 

 

China business

 

A new era of China global influence - internet media and films, droves and electric car batteries (An in-depth analysis) 

China’s New FTZ Negative List Removes Restrictions on Foreign Investment (A China Briefing report) 

Digital China - The Middle Kingdom of Cyber Space?  (An analysis of the growing power of China's internet economy) 

A Profitable Partnership Under Stress: Why it makes sense to ratchet-down US-China trade tensions (A Hindrich Foundation report) 

Internet Economics Models, Mechanisms and Management (An e-book with my Forward on page 1) 

China Business - Landscape and Strategies - A 2017 Routledge Book by Dr Hong Liu (Second Edition) (A holistic introduction to China business with my endorsement on the back cover). 

 

New era of paradigm shifts

 

The global forces inspiring a new narrative of progress (A McKinsey Quarterly analysis) 

 

Military and security

 

China starts to build its military-industrial complex and is launching an "unhackable" quantum network (A commentary on the latest development)

Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China  (2017 US Annual Report to Congress) 

Japanese Defense Minister asks U.S. troops not to conduct drills (Live TV interview with RT) 

Tensions rise as third missile tests in a month conducted by North Korea (Live TV interview with RT) 

UAE promotes strategy to counter cyber terrorism (Snapshots of a Conference in Abu Dhabi) 

 

International relations

 

All Measures Short of War: The contest for the 21st century and the future of American power (A Brookings Institution discussion on a new book by Thomas Wright) 

Indo-China Relation: Border standoff, what’s the way forward? (Live TV debate on India's NDTV program "The Big Fight")

Can India break the China-Pakistan axis? (Live TV debate on "The Big Fight") 

Panama cuts ties with Taipei in favor of China (Live interview with Radio Sputnik, Moscow) 

By defining his goals more narrowly than previous presidents, Trump may halt Pyongyang's weapons program (An insight from Eric X Li) 

THAAD may exacerbate rather than solve the North Korean problem (Live TV interview with RT) 

The Korean Nuclear Issue: Past, Present and Future - A Chinese Perspective (An analysis by Madam Fu Ying, chairperson of China's Foreign Affairs Committee of the National People’s Congress) 

 

Sustainable development

 

China’s belt and road can lead the world to a greener future (Op-ed in the South China Morning Post) 

Governance recipe for sustainable development in Central Asia with One Belt, One Road (Paper and PowerPoint presentation for conferences in Cambridge University and Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai Campus, China )   

Water security threats demand new collaborations: Lessons from the Mekong River Basin (An Economist Intelligence Unit report) 

 

Financial reform           

 

Beijing doubles down on financial reforms as domestic and external situations ease (An analysis of the mixed outcome)

 

Cheer up and chill out

 

A reportoire 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. Please limit details to a one-page PDF document, including key financial data, photo images, contact phone numbers and email addresses. 

 

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 now works on private equity with Abu Dhabi's 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

 

Please email any 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 Global Executive 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.andrewleunginternat ionalconsultants.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 are welcome to share any of my papers, articles, presentations, and TV interviews with your 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 Limited

(Founded in London, now re-incorporated in Hong Kong)

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

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, Thompson Reuters

Senior Analyst, Wikistrat, a cloud-sourced global strategic consultancy

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

Visiting Professor, London Metropolitan University Business School

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

Advisory Board Member, The Global Analyst, India

Hong Kong Advisory Board Member, Denmark-based Executive Global Network (EGN)

Honorary Adviser, International Institute of Management (IIM) 

Global Commercial Agent, Changsha City, China

(The following until 19 May 2010, on permanent relocation back to Hong Kong)

Governing Council Member, King’s College London, UK (2004-2010)
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)

Visiting Professor, Sun Yat-sen University Business School, China (2005-10)

Included in UK's Who's Who since 2002
Awarded the Silver Bauhinia Star (SBS) in the July 2005 Hong Kong Honours List