Hearing and Roundtable: China’s Internal Dilemmas

February 25, 2011

562 and 116 Dirksen Senate Office Building
First Street and Constitution Avenue, NE
Washington, DC 20003

[PRESS RELEASE]

Hearing Co-Chairs: Chairman William A. Reinsch and Commissioner Robin Cleveland

AGENDA

HEARING — Room 562

8:45 am – 9:00 am         Hearing Co-Chairs Opening Statements

• Chairman William A. Reinsch
• Commissioner Robin Cleveland

9:00 am – 10:30 am         Panel I: Roots of Protest and the Party Response

• Dr. Elizabeth Economy, C.V. Starr Senior Fellow and Director for Asia Studies, Council on Foreign Relations, New York, NY [Testimony]
• Dr. Martin K. Whyte, Professor of Sociology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA [Testimony]
• Dr. Murray Scot Tanner, China Security Analyst, CNA, Alexandria, VA [Testimony]

10:45 am – 12:15 pm       Panel II: Major Challenges to China’s Internal Stability

• Dr. Yukon Huang, Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington, DC [Testimony]
• Dr. Steven Dunaway, Adjunct Senior Fellow for International Economics, Council on Foreign Relations, Washington, DC [Testimony]

ROUNDTABLE — Room 116

12:30 pm – 2:30 pm     China’s Internal Dilemmas and Implications for the United States

• Dr. Elizabeth Economy, C.V. Starr Senior Fellow and Director for Asia Studies, Council on Foreign Relations, New York, NY
• Mr. James Mann, Foreign Policy Institute Author-in-Residence, Johns Hopkins University, SAIS, Washington, DC
• Dr. Yukon Huang, Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington, DC
• Dr. Steven Dunaway, Adjunct Senior Fellow for International Economics, Council on Foreign Relations, Washington, DC
• Dr. Martin K. Whyte, Professor of Sociology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
• Dr. Murray Scot Tanner, China Security Analyst, CNA, Alexandria, VA