Hearing on Access to Information in the People’s Republic of China
July 31, 2007
Russell Senate Office Building, Room 385
Deleware and Constitution Avenue, NE
Washington, DC 20510
Hearing Co-chairs: Chairman Bartholomew, Commissioner Houston
PARTICIPANTS BIO'S 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. )
OPENING STATEMENTS
Panel I: Congressional Perspectives
- Congressman Alcee Hastings (D-FL) (HTML) (PDF)
- Congressman Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI)
- Congressman Frank Wolf (R-VA)
- Congressman Tom Harkin (D-IA) (Written Statement) (HTML) (PDF)
Panel II: Administration Perspectives
- Broadcasting Board of Governors
- Jay Henderson, Director, East Asia & Pacific Division, VOA, Washington, DC (HTML) (PDF)
- Dan Southerland, VP of Programming and Executive Editor, RFA, Washington, DC (HTML) (PDF)
Panel III: The State of China’s Information Controls
- Dr. Ashley Esarey, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont (HTML) (PDF)
- Dr. Xiao Qiang, Director, China Internet Project, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA (HTML) (PDF)
Panel IV: Perception Management - Who Knows What in the PRC?
- Ms. He Qinglian, Senior Research Scholar, Human Rights in China, New York, NY (HTML) (PDF)
- Dr. Barrett McCormick, Professor, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI
Panel V: The Impact of PRC Information Controls on the United States
- Mr. Drew Thompson, Director of China Studies and Starr Senior Fellow, Nixon Center, Washington, DC (HTML) (PDF)
- Dr. Scott Gottlieb, MD, Resident Fellow, AEI, Washington, DC
- Dr. Oded Shenkar, Professor, Fisher School of Management, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
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