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CHINA'S ACTIVITIES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA AND THE IMPLICATIONS FOR U.S. INTERESTS

HEARING BEFORE THE U.S.CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION

ONE HUNDRED ELEVENTH CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION

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February 4, 2010 [online 30 March 2010]

http://www.uscc.gov/hearings/2010hearings/transcripts/10_02_04_trans/10_02_04_trans.pdf

(full-text, 214 pages]

 

CONTENTS

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2010

CHINA'S ACTIVITIES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA AND THE IMPLICATIONS FOR U.S. INTERESTS

Opening remarks of Chairman Daniel M. Slane ……………………………………...1

Opening remarks of Vice Chairman Carolyn Bartholomew, Hearing Cochair………..2

Opening remarks of Commissioner Larry M. Wortzel, Hearing Cochair…………….14

 

PANEL I: CONGRESSIONAL PERSPECTIVES

Statement of Dana Rohrabacher, a U.S. Congressman from the State of

California ……………………………………………………………………………...3

Prepared statement…………………………………………………………………...7

Statement of J. Randy Forbes, a U.S. Congressman from the State of Virginia………9

Statement of Madeleine Z. Bordallo, a U.S. Congresswoman from the Territory of

Guam………………………………………………………………………………….12

Statement of Eni F. H. Faleomavaega, a U.S. Congressman from the Territory of

Samoa ………………………………………………………………………………...41

 

PANEL II: ADMINISTRATIIVE PERSPECTIVES

Statement of the Honorable David B. Shear, Deputy Assistant Secretary for East

Asian and Pacific Affairs, U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC……………..16

Prepared statement………………………………………………………………….18

Statement of the Honorable Robert Scher, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense

for South and Southeast Asia, U.S. Department of Defense, Washington, DC ……...23

Prepared statement………………………………………………………………….27

Panel II: Discussion, Questions and Answers …………………………………........38

 

PANEL III: POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC ASPECTS

Statement of Ms. Catharin E. Dalpino, Visiting Associate Professor; Director

of Thai Studies, Georgetown University, Washington, DC…………………………58

Prepared statement………………………………………………………………....61

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Statement of Mr. Ernest Z. Bower, Senior Advisor and Director, Southeast Asia

Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC………..68

Prepared statement…………………………………………………………….....71

Statement of Mr. Walter Lohman, Director, Asia Studies Center, The Heritage

Foundation, Washington, DC………………………………………………………80

Prepared statement……………………………………………………………….83

Panel III: Discussion, Questions and Answers ………………………………90

 

PANEL IV: SECURITY ASPECTS

Statement of Dr. Andrew Scobell, Associate Professor, Texas A&M University,

College Station, Texas………………………………………………………………...109

Prepared statement…………………………………………………………………..111

Statement of Mr. Bronson Percival, Senior Advisor, Center for Strategic Studies,

CNA, Alexandria, Virginia……………………………………………………………121

Prepared statement…………………………………………………………………..123

Dr. Richard P. Cronin, Senior Associate, Henry L. Stimson Center, Washington, DC..130

Prepared statement…………………………………………………………………..133

Panel IV: Discussion, Questions and Answers……………………………………….147

 

PANEL V: CHINA AND REGIONAL FORUMS

Statement of Dr. Ellen L. Frost, Visiting Fellow, Peterson Institute for International

Economics, and Adjunct Research Fellow, INSS National Defense University,

Washington, DC…………………………………………………………………...161

Prepared statement………………………………………………………………166

Statement of Dr. Donald E. Weatherbee, Professor Emeritus, University of South

Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina………………………………………………182

Prepared statement………………………………………………………………185

Panel V: Discussion, Questions and Answers……………………………………193

 

ADDITIONAL MATERIAL SUBMITTED FOR THE RECORD

Statement of Jim Webb, a U.S. Senator from the State of Virginia………………206

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