Andrew’s April 2021 Newsletter

(My quarterly Newsletter goes out to some 8,500 professional contacts worldwide. The following is my April 2021 issue. Back numbers may be accessed under What's New on my website

Greetings!
 
While we remain consumed by Covid-19 fears, much of the world dynamics has changed almost beyond recognition. China's seemingly unstoppable rise and undaunted national confidence have engendered open or hidden anxieties, if not sinophobia, across the globe, not least in the United States and its Western allies. A fig-leaf of "cooperation" fails to hide a generational paradigm shift towards "extreme competition", if not a "Second Cold War", against China, subconsciously feared to erode the US-led liberal world order, with all that implies. 
 
A deeply-interconnected and interdependent world is now caught in a dilemma of disruptions, realignment of interests, and coercive actions with high-stake risks. Much seems to be knee-jerk reactions trying to avoid the unavoidable: a back-to-the-future reality that a 21st-century "Middle Kingdom" may soon regain its former prominence and global influence that characterized the world before the 18th century. 
 
How this pendulum swing may play out remains, at best, uncertain. The following may offer some useful food for thought. 
 
US-China geopolitics
How the US can offer a realistic response to the "China challenge"  (Op-ed in the South China Morning Post) 
How Will We (U.S.) Win the Second Cold War? (An in-depth analysis) 
Biden-Presidency's first stormy US-China high-level talks in Alaska – what do they imply? (Live TV panel discussion on Indus News and other sources) 
China, US diplomats clash in public as Alaska talks kick off (Exclusive live interview on TRT World
Rogue Superpower: Why This Could Be an Illiberal American Century (Op-ed in World Geostrategic InsightsClick here for Foreign Affairs and other sources. 
US-China Relations – The Avoidable War: The Decade of Living Dangerously (Asia Policy Institute essay)
US strategy on China informed by systemic mistrust and misjudgment (Live interview on Press TV)
In Focus: South Asia – Military part of overall China threat  (Live TV panel discussion on Indus News)
America bids farewell to Trump, but Trumpism lives on (Op-ed in the South China Morning Post)  
 
China Overview
China's game-changing Five Year Plan (2021-25) ((Feature article in The Global Analyst
China GDP: Growth Sans Productivity – How China is to overcome its productivity hurdle (Feature article in The Global Analyst
How China’s digital currency will thwart US dollar trap and help the world (Op-ed in the South China Morning Post
Why is China moving to a digital RMB? (A comprehensive analysis) 
How foreign businesses in China should respond to embedded "Party cells" (Asia Sentinel quotes) 
 
South China Sea
Contest of power in the South China Sea, dissecting dynamics of history, security and geopolitics (Live TV panel discussion on Indus News)
 
Human Rights
Western sanctions based on Xinjiang "genocide" claim (Some in-depth perspectives) 
China accuses EU of ‘hypocrisy’ over Uyghur row (Live interview with Press TV
 
Culture 
Is China "hijacking" Hollywood? (Live TV panel discussion on CNN News 18 of India and other sources) 
 
Covid-19
 
 
Middle East
China's Economic Interests in the GCC are informed by energy security and global geopolitics (Op-ed in Politics Today
 
India
LAC disengagement – will it end India-China standoff? (Live TV panel discussion on CNN News 18 of India) 
LAC standoff: PLA, Indian troops begin process of disengagement but will be a long haul (Live TV panel discussion on CNN News 18 of India) 
India Budget 2021:How will India woo corporate refugees exiting China? (Live TV panel discussion on WION (World is One News) of India.
 
Hong Kong
Conviction of prominent pro-democracy activists spells end of democracy in HK? (Exclusive live TV interview on Channel News Asia (CNA) of Singapore) 
Beijing changes Hong Kong's electoral system (Backchat on Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK
Controversy over Hong Kong British Nationality (Overseas) (BNO) Passports (Live TV interview on Channel News Asia (CNA) of Singapore and interview opinion piece on Sputnik News of Moscow. 
Dozens of Hong Kong opposition members arrested for subversion (Exclusive live TV interview on TRT World of Turkey)
Hong Kong fugitives crossing into Mainland China tried according to China's laws (Exclusive live TV interview on TRT World of Turkey)
How is Hong Kong impacted by changed US-China relations and problems with Covid-19 vaccines (Backchat on Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK))
Macau and Hong Kong different paths to China. Why? (Inside Story TV panel discussion with Aljazeera English Channel
Hong Kong's elderly transport subsidy (Backchat on Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK
 
Cheer up and chill out

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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 memberThe 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  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 , 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 

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