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[IWS] USCC: [CHINA] 2009 REPORT TO CONGRESS [19 November 2009]
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION (USCC)
2009 REPORT TO CONGRESS
of the
U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION
ONE HUNDRED ELEVENTH CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION
NOVEMBER 2009
http://www.uscc.gov/annual_report/2009/annual_report_full_09.pdf
[full-text, 381 pages]
Among the topics addressed in the 367-page Report are:
* China's increasingly aggressive espionage efforts to obtain U.S. secrets and technology for the benefit of China's military and its economy.
* China's stepped-up cyber espionage and cyber warfare capabilities that constitute a growing threat to U.S. computer networks.
* China's extensive use of foreign propaganda and China's efforts to influence public opinion and policymaking in the United States.
* China's detailed industrial policy designed to attract foreign investment and production and to create "national champions" to compete on a global scale.
* China's use of subsidies and other trade-distorting measures in violation of its international commitments.
* China's role in the creation of the economic imbalances that that helped produce the global financial crisis.
* The expansion and modernization of the Chinese navy and its effects on U.S. access to the waters around China and Taiwan and the likelihood of a maritime arms race.
* The use of new and more sophisticated methods by Chinese authorities to control the Chinese news media and the Internet.
* China's activities in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Central Asia.
* Mainland China's increasing influence in Taiwan and Hong Kong.
* The effect of China's policies on the economy of the upstate New York region.
* China's stepped-up cyber espionage and cyber warfare capabilities that constitute a growing threat to U.S. computer networks.
* China's extensive use of foreign propaganda and China's efforts to influence public opinion and policymaking in the United States.
* China's detailed industrial policy designed to attract foreign investment and production and to create "national champions" to compete on a global scale.
* China's use of subsidies and other trade-distorting measures in violation of its international commitments.
* China's role in the creation of the economic imbalances that that helped produce the global financial crisis.
* The expansion and modernization of the Chinese navy and its effects on U.S. access to the waters around China and Taiwan and the likelihood of a maritime arms race.
* The use of new and more sophisticated methods by Chinese authorities to control the Chinese news media and the Internet.
* China's activities in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Central Asia.
* Mainland China's increasing influence in Taiwan and Hong Kong.
* The effect of China's policies on the economy of the upstate New York region.
CONTENTS
TRANSMITTAL LETTER TO THE CONGRESS ............................................................... iii
COMMISSIONERS APPROVING THE REPORT .............................................................. v
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................... 1
KEY RECOMMENDATIONS TO CONGRESS ........................................................... 12
INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................... 15
2009 REPORT TO CONGRESS OF THE
U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION
Chapter 1: The U.S.-China Trade and Economic Relationship ............... 19
Section 1: The U.S.-China Trade and Economic Relationship's Current Status
and Significant Changes During 2009 ..................................................... 19
Section 2: China's Role in the Origins of the Global Financial Crisis and
China's Response .............................................................................................. 38
Section 3: China's Industrial Policy and its Impact on U.S. Companies,
Workers, and the American Economy ............................................................. 56
Section 4: China's Industrial Policy and its Impact on Upstate New York .... 80
Recommendations .................................................................................................. 90
Chapter 2: China's Activities Directly Affecting U.S. Security Interests
........................................................................................................................ 113
Section 1: China's Military and Security Activities Abroad ............................. 113
Section 2: China's Naval Modernization ............................................................ 128
Section 3: China's Human Espionage Activities that Target the United
States, and the Resulting Impacts on U.S. National Security ..................... 148
Section 4: China's Cyber Activities that Target the United States, and the
Resulting Impacts on U.S. National Security ................................................ 167
Recommendations .................................................................................................. 182
Chapter 3: China in Asia ................................................................................... 209
Section 1: China in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Central Asia ......................... 209
Section 2: Taiwan ................................................................................................. 231
Section 3: Hong Kong .......................................................................................... 245
Recommendations .................................................................................................. 254
Chapter 4: China's Media and Information Controls—The Impact in
China and the United States ......................................................................... 269
Section 1: Freedom of Expression in China ....................................................... 269
Section 2: China's External Propaganda and Influence Operations, and the
Resulting Impacts on the United States ......................................................... 289
Recommendations .................................................................................................. 310
Comprehensive List of the Commission's Recommendations .................. 325
Additional Views of Commissioners ................................................................ 331
Appendices:
Appendix I: United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission
Charter .......................................................................................................... 335
Appendix II: Background of Commissioners ....................................................... 345
Appendix III: Public Hearings of the Commission ............................................... 355
A. List of Witnesses Testifying Before the Commission—2009 Hearings ........ 359
Appendix IV: Interlocutors' Organizations—2009 Asia Fact Finding Trip ........ 363
Appendix V: List of Research Material ............................................................... 365
Appendix VI: Abbreviations and Acronyms ......................................................... 367
Commission Staff and Acknowledgements .................................................... 369
TRANSMITTAL LETTER TO THE CONGRESS ............................................................... iii
COMMISSIONERS APPROVING THE REPORT .............................................................. v
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................... 1
KEY RECOMMENDATIONS TO CONGRESS ........................................................... 12
INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................... 15
2009 REPORT TO CONGRESS OF THE
U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION
Chapter 1: The U.S.-China Trade and Economic Relationship ............... 19
Section 1: The U.S.-China Trade and Economic Relationship's Current Status
and Significant Changes During 2009 ..................................................... 19
Section 2: China's Role in the Origins of the Global Financial Crisis and
China's Response .............................................................................................. 38
Section 3: China's Industrial Policy and its Impact on U.S. Companies,
Workers, and the American Economy ............................................................. 56
Section 4: China's Industrial Policy and its Impact on Upstate New York .... 80
Recommendations .................................................................................................. 90
Chapter 2: China's Activities Directly Affecting U.S. Security Interests
........................................................................................................................ 113
Section 1: China's Military and Security Activities Abroad ............................. 113
Section 2: China's Naval Modernization ............................................................ 128
Section 3: China's Human Espionage Activities that Target the United
States, and the Resulting Impacts on U.S. National Security ..................... 148
Section 4: China's Cyber Activities that Target the United States, and the
Resulting Impacts on U.S. National Security ................................................ 167
Recommendations .................................................................................................. 182
Chapter 3: China in Asia ................................................................................... 209
Section 1: China in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Central Asia ......................... 209
Section 2: Taiwan ................................................................................................. 231
Section 3: Hong Kong .......................................................................................... 245
Recommendations .................................................................................................. 254
Chapter 4: China's Media and Information Controls—The Impact in
China and the United States ......................................................................... 269
Section 1: Freedom of Expression in China ....................................................... 269
Section 2: China's External Propaganda and Influence Operations, and the
Resulting Impacts on the United States ......................................................... 289
Recommendations .................................................................................................. 310
Comprehensive List of the Commission's Recommendations .................. 325
Additional Views of Commissioners ................................................................ 331
Appendices:
Appendix I: United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission
Charter .......................................................................................................... 335
Appendix II: Background of Commissioners ....................................................... 345
Appendix III: Public Hearings of the Commission ............................................... 355
A. List of Witnesses Testifying Before the Commission—2009 Hearings ........ 359
Appendix IV: Interlocutors' Organizations—2009 Asia Fact Finding Trip ........ 363
Appendix V: List of Research Material ............................................................... 365
Appendix VI: Abbreviations and Acronyms ......................................................... 367
Commission Staff and Acknowledgements .................................................... 369
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