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[IWS] USCC: [CHINA] 2010 REPORT TO CONGESS [17 November 2010]
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U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC)
2010 REPORT TO CONGRESS [17 November 2010]
of the
U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION
ONE HUNDRED ELEVENTH CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION
NOVEMBER 2010
http://www.uscc.gov/annual_report/2010/annual_report_full_10.pdf
[full-text, 324 pages
Executive Summary
http://www.uscc.gov/annual_report/2010/ExecutiveSummaryandKeyRecommendations(page1).pdf
Chapter by Chapter access
http://www.uscc.gov/annual_report/2010/10report_chapters.php
Press Release 17 November 2010
Release of 2010 Annual Report to Congress
http://www.uscc.gov/pressreleases/2010/10_11_17pr.php
[excerpt]
Among the topics in the 316-page report:
Economics and Trade Issues:
* China’s ‘indigenous innovation’ policy to promote favored industries and limit imports.
* China’s currency manipulation and its effects on the United States.
* China’s purchases of U.S. Treasury securities and the implications for the United States.
* China’s measures to restrict rare earth element exports.
* China’s past and future role in the World Trade Organization.
National Defense Issues:
* China’s growing air and missile capabilities, and the increasing capacity to strike U.S. bases and allies in the region.
* China’s improving commercial aviation manufacturing capabilities, and the spillover benefits for China’s defense aviation industry.
* The increasingly sophisticated nature of malicious computer activity associated with China.
Foreign Affairs Issues:
* China’s increasing political, economic, energy and security interactions with Southeast Asia, and the implications for U.S. interests in the region.
* Recent developments in the China-Taiwan relationship, and implications for the United States.
Energy and Environmental Issues:
* China’s efforts to promote green energy in order to increase its energy security, prevent environmental degradation, and develop a globally competitive green energy industry.
* Ohio’s response to China’s promotion of its alternative energy industries.
Censorship Issues:
* How China’s revised state secrets laws may conflict with U.S. disclosure requirements and put U.S. investments in Chinese firms at risk.
CONTENTS
TRANSMITTAL LETTER TO THE CONGRESS ............................................................... iii
COMMISSIONERS APPROVING THE REPORT .............................................................. v
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................... 1
KEY RECOMMENDATIONS TO CONGRESS ........................................................... 11
INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................... 13
2010 REPORT TO CONGRESS OF THE
U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION
Chapter 1: The U.S.-China Trade and Economic Relationship ............... 17
Section 1: The U.S.-China Trade and Economic Relationship’s Current Status
and Significant Changes During 2010 ..................................................... 17
Section 2: The Implications and Repercussions of China’s Holdings of U.S.
Debt ................................................................................................................... 30
Section 3: Evaluating China’s Past and Future Role in the World Trade
Organization ..................................................................................................... 42
Recommendations .................................................................................................. 61
Chapter 2: China’s Activities Directly Affecting U.S. Security Interests..................... 73
Section 1: China’s Growing Air and Conventional Missile Capabilities .......... 73
Section 2: Developments in China’s Commercial and Military Aviation Industry.............. 92
Recommendations .................................................................................................. 106
Chapter 3: China in Asia ................................................................................... 119
Section 1: China in Southeast Asia .................................................................... 119
Section 2: Taiwan ................................................................................................. 143
Section 3: Hong Kong .......................................................................................... 160
Recommendations .................................................................................................. 166
Chapter 4: China’s Green Energy Policies and Efforts to Promote
the Alternative Energy Sector ...................................................................... 183
Section 1: China’s Environmental and Green Energy Policies ......................... 183
Section 2: U.S. and Chinese Efforts to Promote Solar and Wind Energy
Manufacturing .................................................................................................. 199
Recommendations .................................................................................................. 211
Chapter 5: China and the Internet ................................................................ 221
Section 1: China’s Domestic Internet Censorship Activities ............................. 221
Section 2: External Implications of China’s Internet-Related Activities .......... 236
Recommendations .................................................................................................. 248
Chapter 6: Information Controls ..................................................................... 257
Recommendations .................................................................................................. 267
Comprehensive List of the Commission’s Recommendations .................. 271
Additional Views of Commissioners ................................................................ 277
Appendices:
Appendix I: United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission
Charter .......................................................................................................... 281
Appendix II: Background of Commissioners ..................................................... 291
Appendix III: Public Hearings of the Commission ............................................ 301
Appendix IIIA: List of Witnesses Testifying before the Commission ................. 305
Appendix IV: Interlocutors’ Organizations ........................................................ 309
Appendix V: List of Research Material ............................................................ 311
Appendix VI: Abbreviations and Acronyms ....................................................... 313
2010 Commission Staff and Acknowledgements .......................................... 315
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