A food safety factory shutdown has Americans hunting for baby formula. Readying themselves for a covid-19 lockdown, Chinese in Beijing emptied store shelves. Emerging from lockdown, some in Shanghai are visiting well-provisioned markets. U.S.-China agricultural trade is booming, but many are still being left hungry. Food security, sustainability and safety remain issues.
Documents
US Department of Defense, Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China, 2015
This is the Department of Defense’s annual report to Congress.
U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, "Hearing on China's Offensive Missile Forces (Webcast)," April 1, 2015
This hearing was conducted by the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission on April 1, 2015. The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission was created by the U.S. Congress in 2000 to monitor, investigate, and submit to Congress an annual report on the national security implications of the economic relationship between the United States and the People’s Republic of China.
U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, "Hearing on Looking West: China and Central Asia," March 18, 2015
This hearing was conducted by the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission on March 18, 2015. The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission was created by the U.S. Congress in 2000 to monitor, investigate, and submit to Congress an annual report on the national security implications of the economic relationship between the United States and the People’s Republic of China.
U.S. Department of State, "2015 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report," March 18, 2015
The U.S. Dept of State Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs produces an annual report describing the efforts of key countries to attack all aspects of the international drug trade in Calendar Year 2014.
Wilson Center, "A Global Choke Point Report: China's Water-Energy-Food Roadmap," February 18, 2015
This bilingual report builds on the China Environment Forum’s (CEF) extensive research in partnership with Circle of Blue, and draws heavily on a weeklong exchange with American and Chinese water, energy, and food experts that took place in China in August 2013.
U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, "Hearing on China's Space and Counterspace Programs (Webcast)," February 18, 2015
This hearing was conducted by the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission on February 18, 2015. The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission was created by the U.S. Congress in 2000 to monitor, investigate, and submit to Congress an annual report on the national security implications of the economic relationship between the United States and the People’s Republic of China.
Congressional Research Service, China’s Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ), January 30, 2015
This CRS report was written by Ian E. Rinehart and Bart Elias.
U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, "Hearing on the Foreign Investment Climate in China: Present Challenges and Potential Reform," January 28, 2015
This hearing was conducted by the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission on January 28, 2015. The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission was created by the U.S. Congress in 2000 to monitor, investigate, and submit to Congress an annual report on the national security implications of the economic relationship between the United States and the People’s Republic of China.
U.S. Relations with China- Fact Sheet, January 21, 2015
The Department of State Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs released a fact sheet on U.S. relations with China.
Congressional Research Service, China Naval Modernization – Implications for U.S. Naval Capabilities, Dec. 23, 2014
This report was written by Ronald O’Rourke, specialist in naval affairs.
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