at  U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission (US Congress)

Recommended Reading: 

• Mr. David B. Shear, Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC (HTML) (PDF)

Mr. Robert Scher, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for South and Southeast Asia, U.S. Department of Defense, Washington, DC (PDF)

Hearing on “China’s Activities in Southeast Asia and the Implications for U.S. Interests”

Thursday, February 4, 2010
Room 562 Dirksen Senate Office Building
First Street and Constitution Avenue, NE
Washington, DC 20510

Hearing Agenda: (PDF)

PARTICIPANTS’ BIOS and TESTIMONIES: (Click on a name to read Participants Bio's in an HTML page. View a Testimony in HTML or PDF view by clicking the associated link with each individual. Some Participants may not have a Bio or Written Testimony. )

Hearing Co-Chairs: Vice Chairman Carolyn Bartholomew and Commissioner Larry M. Wortzel

Commissioners’ Opening Statements

• Opening Statement of Chairman Carolyn Bartholomew (HTML)(PDF)
• Opening Statement of Commissioner Larry M. Wortzel (HTML )(PDF)

Panel I: Congressional Perspectives

• Congresswoman Madeleine Z. Bordallo (D-Guam)
• Congressman Eni F. H. Faleomavaega (D-A. Samoa)
• Congressman J. Randy Forbes (R-VA)
• Congressman Dana Rohrabacher, (R-CA) (HTML) (PDF)

Panel II: Administration Perspectives

• Mr. David B. Shear, Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC (HTML) (PDF)
• Mr. Robert Scher, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for South and Southeast Asia, U.S. Department of Defense, Washington, DC (PDF)

Panel III: Political and Economic Aspects

• Mr. Ernest Z. Bower, Senior Advisor and Director, Southeast Asia Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC (HTML) (PDF)
• Mr. Walter Lohman, Director, Asia Studies Center, The Heritage Foundation, Washington, DC (HTML) (PDF)
• Ms. Catharin E. Dalpino, Visiting Associate Professor and Director of Thai Studies, Georgetown University, Washington, DC (HTML) (PDF)

Panel IV: Security Aspects

• Dr. Andrew Scobell, Associate Professor, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX (HTML) (PDF)
• Mr. Bronson Percival, Senior Advisor with the Center for Strategic Studies, CNA, Alexandria, VA (HTML) (PDF)
• Dr. Richard P. Cronin, Senior Associate, Henry L. Stimson Center, Washington, DC

Panel V: China and Regional Forums

• Dr. Ellen L. Frost, Visiting Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics and Adjunct Research Fellow, INSS National Defense University, Washington, DC (HTML) (PDF)
• Dr. Donald E. Weatherbee, Professor Emeritus, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC (HTML) (PDF)