Hearing: China’s Activities in Southeast Asia and the Implications for U.S. Interests

February 4, 2010

Hearing Co-Chairs: Vice Chairman Carolyn Bartholomew and Commissioner Larry M. Wortzel

Commissioners’ Opening Statements

• Opening Statement of Chairman Carolyn Bartholomew (HTML)(PDF)
• Opening Statement of Commissioner Larry M. Wortzel (HTML )(PDF)

Panel I: Congressional Perspectives

• Congresswoman Madeleine Z. Bordallo (D-Guam)
• Congressman Eni F. H. Faleomavaega (D-A. Samoa)
• Congressman J. Randy Forbes (R-VA)
• Congressman Dana Rohrabacher, (R-CA) (HTML) (PDF)
• Senator Jim Webb (D-Va.) – Statement for the Record (PDF)

Panel II: Administration Perspectives

• Mr. David B. Shear, Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC (HTML) (PDF)
• Mr. Robert Scher, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for South and Southeast Asia, U.S. Department of Defense, Washington, DC (PDF)

Panel III: Political and Economic Aspects

• Mr. Ernest Z. Bower, Senior Advisor and Director, Southeast Asia Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC (HTML) (PDF)
• Mr. Walter Lohman, Director, Asia Studies Center, The Heritage Foundation, Washington, DC (HTML) (PDF)
• Ms. Catharin E. Dalpino, Visiting Associate Professor and Director of Thai Studies, Georgetown University, Washington, DC (HTML) (PDF)

Panel IV: Security Aspects

• Dr. Andrew Scobell, Associate Professor, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX (HTML) (PDF)
• Mr. Bronson Percival, Senior Advisor with the Center for Strategic Studies, CNA, Alexandria, VA (HTML) (PDF)
• Dr. Richard P. Cronin, Senior Associate, Henry L. Stimson Center, Washington, DC (PDF)

Panel V: China and Regional Forums

• Dr. Ellen L. Frost, Visiting Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics and Adjunct Research Fellow, INSS National Defense University, Washington, DC (HTML) (PDF)
• Dr. Donald E. Weatherbee, Professor Emeritus, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC (HTML) (PDF)