Cyber attacks from China have become a key point of contention between the United States and China. Both sides recently agreed to form a working group and hold regular talks on cybersecurity and industrial espionage, and the issue featured prominently during President Obama and President Xi Jinping's recent summit in California. This hearing will examine the impact of Chinese cyber attacks on Chinese activists and human rights organizations as well as on American businesses and industries harmed by intellectual property theft.
This hearing will be webcast live here.
Witnesses
Panel 1:
Slade Gorton, Former U.S. Senator from Washington State, Commission Member, Commission on the Theft of American Intellectual Property
James Mulvenon, Vice-President, Intelligence Division, Director, Center for Intelligence Research and Analysis, Defense Group, Inc.
Panel 2:
Wen Yunchao (Online alias "Bei Feng"), Independent Journalist and Blogger; Visiting Scholar, Institute for the Study of Human Rights, Columbia University
Louisa Greve, Vice President, Asia, Middle East & North Africa, and Global Programs, National Endowment for Democracy
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