Hearings on Major Internal Challenges Facing the Chinese Leadership

 

February 2 and 3, 2006

1310 Longworth House Office Building

Independence and New Jersey Avenues, SE

Washington , D.C. 20515

 

Hearing Co Chairs: Commissioners William A. Reinsch and Larry M. Wortzel

 

Thursday, February 2, 2006

9:00am – 10:00 am Panel 1:Administration Views: What Keeps Chinese Leaders Awake at Night, and What are U.S. Leaders Doing in Response?

- Mr. James Keith, Special Assistant for East Asian and Pacific Affairs

U.S. Department of State

- Mr. Jerry Clifford, Deputy Assistant Administrator for International Affairs, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

 

10:15am – 12:00pm Panel 2: Major Internal Challenges Facing China

• Dr. Flynt Leverett, Visiting Fellow, Saban Center for Middle East Policy

The Brookings Institution

• Dr. Elizabeth Economy, Director of Asian Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
• Dr. Bates Gill, Freeman Chair in China Studies, Center for Strategic &

International Studies

 

12:00pm – 1:00pm Lunch

 

1:00pm – 2:45pm Panel 3: China’s Internal Unrest: Worker Demonstrations, Civil Disobedience, Riots and Other Disorder, and the Prognosis for the Future

- Dr. Albert Keidel, Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

- Mr. David Welker, Senior Strategic Research & Projects Coordinator, International

Brotherhood of Teamsters

- Dr. Joshua Muldavin, Professor of Asian Studies & Human Geography

Sarah Lawrence College

 

Friday, February 3, 2006

 

9:00am – 9:30 am Congressional Views (invited)

 

9:30am – 11:30 am Panel 4: Chinese Control Mechanisms

- Dr. Murray Scott Tanner, Senior Political Scientist, RAND Corporation

- Dr. Anne Thurston, Independent Researcher (formerly with the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, The Johns Hopkins University)