London, UK - 29 July 2007, 08:02 GMT

Dear ATCA Colleagues

[Please note that the views presented by individual contributors are not necessarily representative of the views of ATCA, which is neutral. ATCA conducts collective Socratic dialogue on global opportunities and threats.]

In response to the eminent Prof Guptara's two queries on ATCA in regard to "Western Companies and Dictatorial Regimes" we welcome some necessary considerations presented by Andrew Leung, which distinguished ATCA members may wish to take into account. Especially, if we seek to build jointly a wisdom based global economy by non-violent means to address "climate chaos and the environment; radical poverty and microfinance; geo-politics and energy; organised crime & extremism; advanced technologies -- bio, info, nano, robo & AI; demographic skews and resource shortages; pandemics; financial systems and systemic risk; as well as transhumanism and ethics;" rather than repeat old and worn out patterns of banal embargoes, berserk confrontation and polarising bilateralism. We are grateful to:

. Andrew Leung, CEO, AL International, London, UK, for "China's Wholehearted Embrace of Multilateralism in A Shrinking World Without Borders;"
. Prof Prabhu Guptara, Executive Director, Wolfsberg (UBS), Switzerland, for "TWO QUESTIONS: Western Companies and Dictatorial Regimes;"
. Dr Harald Malmgren, CEO, Malmgren Global, based in Washington, DC, for "China and the Light and Dark Side of Sovereign Wealth Funds;"

in response to Andrew Leung, based in London, and a frequent visitor to China, for his submission to ATCA, "China joins the Capitalist Club -- What does the multi-billion Euro investment in Barclays mean for the coming tidal wave?"

Andrew Leung has over 40 years of experience in a variety of senior positions working closely with China, including Hong Kong, covering commerce, industry, finance, banking, transport, social welfare and diplomatic representation. He has addressed numerous local and international business and strategic fora, groups and organisations on China, including making regular television appearances. He has written many key commentaries on China for pre-eminent global networks such as ATCA. His audience includes finance and investment houses, institutional investors, large businesses, think tanks, senior officials and business executives as well as business schools. He was twice sponsored personally by the US Government on briefing visits to the United States, including a month-long visit to brief Chairmen and CEOs of multi-nationals on China, post-Tiananmen Square. He was sponsored by the Economist as a speaker at a China conference in Berlin with the German Foreign Affairs Institute. He was invited to brief personally the Duke of York and the Lord Mayor of London prior to their China visits. He writes:

Dear DK and Colleagues

Re: China's Wholehearted Embrace of Multilateralism in A Shrinking World Without Borders

Let me first stress to the distinguished ATCA members across 120 countries, that I do not represent or speak for China or the Chinese government. But I do see different shades of so-called, democracies' around the world. I also see that each country's development is different with its own geographical, demographic, environmental, historical, cultural, economic, political and other challenges. In an age of profound globalization and paradigm shift, may I respectfully suggest that for the purpose of our Socratic dialogue, our debate should perhaps also take account of the following angles, which I have recently shared with our distinguished ATCA contributor Professor Jean-Pierre Lehman for his Evian Group at IMD Lausanne, Switzerland:

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Indeed, as Capitalism and Socialism are converging across the world, we need a paradigm shift in our thinking how to engage with other countries, and how to promote peace, stability and development in a world now virtually without borders.'

Andrew KP Leung

Andrew Leung is on the Governing Council of King's College London; the Advisory Board of Nottingham University's China Policy Institute; and the Executive Committee of the 48 Group Club with historical and working links with the Chinese leadership. He leads the China Group of the Royal Society of Arts London Region and chairs the China Interest Group of the Institute of Directors' City Branch. He was Visiting Professor at the Graduate School of Management at NIMBAS University, Utrecht, Holland (2006) and at China's Sun Yat-Sen and Lingnan Universities (2005-6) for their International MBA Programmes. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in June, 2002, and was awarded the Silver Bauhinia Star (SBS) in the 2005 Hong Kong's Honours List. He has qualifications from the University of London, Cambridge University, The Law Society and Harvard Business School. He speaks Cantonese and Mandarin and practises Chinese calligraphy as well as fine art.

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Sent: 28 July 2007 04:33
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Subject: TWO QUESTIONS: Western Companies and Dictatorial Regimes - Prof Guptara; Response: China and the Light & Dark Side of Sovereign Wealth Funds - Dr Malmgren, Washington DC; Leung;

Dear ATCA Colleagues

[Please note that the views presented by individual contributors are not necessarily representative of the views of ATCA, which is neutral. ATCA conducts collective Socratic dialogue on global opportunities and threats.]

We are grateful to:

. Prof Prabhu Guptara, Executive Director, Wolfsberg (UBS), Switzerland, for "TWO QUESTIONS: Western Companies and Dictatorial Regimes;"
. Dr Harald Malmgren, CEO, Malmgren Global, based in Washington, DC, for "China and the Light and Dark Side of Sovereign Wealth Funds;"

in response to Andrew Leung, based in London, and a frequent visitor to China, for his submission to ATCA, "China joins the Capitalist Club -- What does the multi-billion Euro investment in Barclays mean for the coming tidal wave?"

Professor Prabhu Guptara is Executive Director, Organisational Development, at the Switzerland based Wolfsberg -- The platform for Business and Executive Development, a subsidiary of UBS, one of the largest banks in the world -- where he organises and chairs the famed Wolfsberg Think Tanks and the Distinguished Speaker series of events. Prof Guptara has professional experience with a range of organisations around the world, including Barclays Bank, BP, Deutsche Bank, Kraft Jacob Suchard, Nokia, the Singapore Institute of Management and Groupe Bull. A jury member of numerous literary competitions in Britain and the Commonwealth, he has been a guest contributor to all the principal newspapers, radio and TV channels in the UK, as well as media in other parts of the world. Professor Guptara supervises PhD work at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland and is Visiting Professor at various other international universities and business schools. He is a Freeman of the City of London and of the Worshipful Company of Information Technologists; and Fellow of the Institute of Directors. He writes:

Dear DK and Colleagues

Re: TWO QUESTIONS -- Western Companies and Dictatorial Regimes --

Following the illuminating ATCA submissions by Dr Harald Malmgren, "China and the Light and Dark Side of Sovereign Wealth Funds," and Andrew Leung, "China joins the Capitalist Club -- What does the multi-billion Euro investment in Barclays mean for the coming tidal wave?" I would like to ask what the other distinguished members of ATCA think:

1. Are we wise to sell Western companies to dictatorial regimes?; and

2. Is the Board of Barclays being business-wise, opportunistic, cynical or merely short-termist?

With best wishes

Prabhu