Hearing on “China's Role in the Origins of and Response to the Global Recession”
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Room 562, Dirksen Senate Office Building
Delaware 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: Commissioners Michael R. Wessel and Daniel M. Slane
Opening Statements
- Opening Statement of Chairman Carolyn Bartholomew (HTML)(PDF)
- Opening Statement of Vice Chairman Larry Wortzel (HTML)(PDF)
- Opening Statement of Commissioner Michael Wessel (HTML)(PDF)
- Opening Statement of Commissioner Daniel M. Slane (HTML)(PDF)
Congressional Remarks
- Statement for the Record - Senator Jim Webb (D-VA) (PDF)
Panel I: The Origins of the Financial Crisis and Link to China
- Dr. Nicholas R. Lardy, Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics, Washington, DC
- Dr. Stephen S. Roach, Chairman, Morgan Stanley Asia, Hong Kong (HTML)(PDF) ( PowerPoint Charts)
- Mr. Robert B. Cassidy, International Trade and Services Professional, Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, Washington, DC (PDF)
View Cassidy's Select World Currencies Chart (PDF) (Excel)
Panel II: China’s Short Term and Long Term Economic Goals and Prospects
- Ms. Alexandra Harney, author of “The China Price,” Hong Kong (HTML)(PDF)
- Mr. Gordon Chang, author of “The Coming Collapse of China,” Bedminster, NJ (HTML)(PDF)
- Dr. Wing Thye Woo, Professor of Economics, University of California at Davis, CA, and Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution, Washington, DC (HTML)(PDF)
Panel IV: The Effect of the Crisis on the U.S.-China Economic Relationship
- Dr. Derek Scissors, Research Fellow, The Heritage Foundation, Washington, DC (HTML)(PDF)
- Mr. Michael Pettis, Professor of Finance, Peking University, Beijing, China (HTML)(PDF)
- Dr. Eswar Prasad, Professor of Trade Policy, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY and Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution, Washington, DC (HTML)(PDF)