Wednesday April 13, 2011

216 Hart Senate Office Building

Constitution Avenue between 1st and 2nd Streets, NE

Washington, DC 20002



[PRESS RELEASE]

AGENDA

8:40 am – 8:45 am            Hearing Co-Chairs’ Opening Statements

• Commissioner Carolyn Bartholomew [Remarks]
• Commissioner Peter Brookes [Remarks]

8:45 am – 9:00 am            Panel I: Congressional Perspectives

• Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) [Testimony]
• Rep. Bill Johnson (R-OH) (written testimony only)

9:00 am – 10:00 am           Panel II: Administration Perspectives

• Mr. Daniel Kritenbrink, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, U.S. Department of State [Testimony]
• Mr. David Helvey, Principal Director for East Asia Policy, Office of the Secretary of Defense [Testimony]

10:10 am – 11:30 am         Panel III: Emerging Issues in Chinese Foreign Policy

• Mr. Andrew Small, Transatlantic Fellow, German Marshall Fund [Testimony]
• Dr. J. Peter Pham, Director of the Michael S. Ansari Africa Center, Atlantic Council [Testimony]
• Dr. Alan M. Wachman, Associate Professor of International Politics, Tufts University [Testimony]

11:30 am – 12:15 pm          Lunch Break

12:15 pm – 1:30 pm            Panel IV: China’s Relations with Select Countries of Concern

• Dr. John W. Garver, Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology [Testimony] [Garver Additional Facts and Figures]
• Dr. Victor Cha, Director of Asian Studies, Georgetown University [Testimony]
• Dr. Richard Weitz, Director of the Center for Military-Political Analysis, Hudson Institute [Testimony]

1:40 pm – 3:00 pm            Panel V: New Interest Groups in Chinese Foreign Policy

• Dr. Yu-wen Julie Chen, Visiting Scholar, University of Virginia [Testimony]
• Dr. Erica S. Downs, Fellow, Brookings Institution [Testimony]
• Ms. Susan V. Lawrence, Analyst in Asian Affairs, Congressional Research Service [Testimony]