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.
U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, "Hearing: China’s Activities in Southeast Asia and the Implications for U.S. Interests," February 4, 2010
This hearing was conducted by the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission on February 4, 2010. 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.
February 4, 2010
February 4, 2010
Room 562 Dirksen Senate Office Building
First Street and Constitution Avenue, NE
Washington, DC 20510
Hearing Co-Chairs: Vice Chairman Carolyn Bartholomew and Commissioner Larry M. Wortzel
Commissioners’ Opening Statements
Opening Statement of Chairman Carolyn Bartholomew
Opening Statement of Commissioner Larry M. Wortzel
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)
Senator Jim Webb (D-Va.)
Panel II: Administration Perspectives
Mr. David B. Shear, Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC
Mr. Robert Scher, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for South and Southeast Asia, U.S. Department of Defense, Washington, DC
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
Mr. Walter Lohman, Director, Asia Studies Center, The Heritage Foundation, Washington, DC
Ms. Catharin E. Dalpino, Visiting Associate Professor and Director of Thai Studies, Georgetown University, Washington, DC
Panel IV: Security Aspects
Dr. Andrew Scobell, Associate Professor, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
Mr. Bronson Percival, Senior Advisor with the Center for Strategic Studies, CNA, Alexandria, VA
Dr. Richard P. Cronin, Senior Associate, Henry L. Stimson Center, Washington, DC
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
Dr. Donald E. Weatherbee, Professor Emeritus, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
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