U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission
China’s Propaganda and Influence Operations, Its Intelligence Activities that Target the United States, and the Resulting Impacts on U.S. National Security”
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The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission will conduct a public hearing on Thursday, April 30, 2009 on “China’s Propaganda and Influence Operations, Its Intelligence Activities that Target the United States, and the Resulting Impact on U.S. National Security.” The hearing will be held at 8:30 am in Room 485 of the Russell Senate Office Building, located at Delaware and Constitution Avenues, NE, Washington DC, 20510
The April 30 hearing will examine China’s external propaganda efforts, China’s efforts to exert influence on U.S. institutions and public opinion, and China’s espionage and intelligence operations directed at the United States. During the final panel of the day, the Commission will hear testimony from experts in cyber security about China’s cyber espionage directed at the United States. The witnesses for that panel include a representative of the SecDev Group that coauthored the widely commented March 29, 2009 study “Tracking GhostNet: Investigating a Cyber Espionage Network.”
Scheduled to testify on April 30 are Dr. Nicholas Cull, Professor of Communications at the University of Southern California; Dr. Judy Polumbaum, Professor of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of Iowa; Dr. Anne-Marie Brady, Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand; Dr. Ross Terrill, Associate in Research at the John K. Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University; Dr. Eric Anderson, Senior Analyst at SAIC; Dr. Jacqueline Newmyer, President and CEO of the Long Term Strategy Group; Mr. I.C. Smith, Special Agent (retired) with the Federal Bureau of Investigation; Dr. James Mulvenon, Director of the Center for Intelligence Research and Analysis at Defense Group Inc.; Mr. Kevin G. Coleman, Senior Fellow at Technolytics; and Mr. Rafal A. Rohozinski, Principal and CEO of The SecDev Group and Advisory Board Member at The Citizen Lab of the Munk Center for International Studies at the University of Toronto. A copy of the complete hearing agenda is attached at the end of this press announcement.
Hearing Co-Chairs: Commissioners William A. Reinsch and Peter Brookes
What: Public Hearing on “China’s Propaganda and Influence Operations, Its Intelligence Activities that Target the United States, and the Resulting Impact on U.S. National Security”
When: Thursday, April 30, 2009, 8:30 am to 4:30 p.m.
Where: Room 485, Russell Senate Office Building, Delaware and Constitution Avenues, NE
Washington DC 20510
Panelists’ bios and written statements will be available on the Commission’s Web Site at www.uscc.gov on Thursday, April 30, 2009.
Reservations are not required to attend – seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Visit the USCC website, www.uscc.gov, for transcripts of previous hearings, commissioned research reports, the Commission’s annual reports to the Congress, and other information about the Commission’s activities.
Hearing on “China’s Propaganda and Influence Operations, Its Intelligence Activities that Target the United States, and the Resulting Impacts on U.S. National Security”
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Room 485, Russell Senate Office Building
Delaware and Constitution Avenues, NE
Washington, DC 20510
Hearing Co-Chairs: Commissioners William A. Reinsch and Peter Brookes
8:30 am – 8:45 am Commissioners’ Opening Statements
8:45 am – 9:15 am Panel I: Congressional Perspectives
- Members of Congress (invited)
9:15 am – 10:45 am Panel II: China’s External Propaganda Efforts
- Dr. Nicholas Cull, Professor of Communications, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
- Dr. Judy Polumbaum, Professor of Journalism and Mass Communications, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
- Dr. Anne-Marie Brady, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
11:00 am – 12:15 pm Panel III: China’s Efforts to Exert Influence on U.S. Institutions and Public Opinion
- Dr. Ross Terrill, Associate in Research, John K. Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
- Dr. Eric Anderson, Senior Analyst, SAIC, McLean, VA
- Dr. Jacqueline Newmyer, President and CEO, Long Term Strategy Group, Cambridge, MA
12:15 pm – 1:15 pm Lunch Break
1:15 pm – 2:45 pm Panel IV: China’s Espionage and Intelligence Operations Directed at the United States
- Mr. I.C. Smith, Special Agent (retired), Federal Bureau of Investigation, Washington, DC
- Dr. James Mulvenon, Director, Center for Intelligence Research and Analysis, Defense Group Inc., Washington, DC
3:00 pm – 4:30 pm Panel V: China’s Cyber Espionage Directed against the United States
- Mr. Kevin G. Coleman, Senior Fellow, Technolytics, McMurray, PA
- Mr. Rafal A. Rohozinski, Principal and CEO, The SecDev Group and Advisory Board Member at The Citizen Lab, Munk Center for International Studies, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada