Hearing on Major Internal Challenges Facing the Chinese Leadership
Hearing Co Chairs: Commissioners William A. Reinsch and Larry M. Wortzel
February 2 and 3, 2006
1310 Longworth House Office Building
Independence and New Jersey Avenues, SE
Washington , D.C. 20515
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 - 12:00 pm 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 - 1:00 pm Lunch
1:00pm - 2:45 pm 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)