Agenda Hearing

Thursday, June 5, 2003 - SARS in China: Implications for Media Control and the Economy

9:30 am to 5:00 pm
Room 124 Dirksen Senate Office Building
1st & Constitution Ave. NE, Washington, DC 20510

Congressional Perspectives (9:30 – 10:30 am)

Senate Delegation Trip to China and Taiwan
- Senator Conrad Burns (R-MT)
- Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL)
Sponsors of Global Internet Freedom Act
- Senator Jon Kyl (R-AZ)
-Representative Christopher Cox (R-CA)

Panel I: SARS Impact on Media Control and Governance I (10:30 – 12:00 noon)

Jay Henderson, Director, East Asia & Pacific Division, Voice of America
Dan Southerland, Executive Editor, Radio Free Asia
Ken Berman, Manager, Anti-Censorship Program, International Broadcasting Bureau

Panel II: SARS Impact on Media Control and Governance II (1:00 – 3:00 pm)

Xiao Qiang, Director, China Internet Studies Program, UC, Berkeley [former Executive Director of Human Rights in China]
Erping Zhang, Executive Director, Assoc. for Asian Research
Bill Xia, President, Dynamic Internet Technology
Maochun Yu, Associate Professor, U.S. Naval Academy

Panel III: SARS and Its Economic Implications (3:10 – 5:00 pm)

Yuanli Liu, Assistant Professor, International Health, Harvard School of Public Health
Andy Rothman, Country Head & China Strategist, CLSA Emerging Markets (Hong Kong/Shanghai)

Dong Tao, Chief Economist for non-Japan Asia, Credit Suisse First Boston (Hong Kong)