Hearing: China’s Global Quest for Resources and Implications for the United States

Thursday, January 26, 2012

AGENDA

8:40 am- 8:45 am        Commissioners' Opening Statements

• Chairman Dennis Shea [Statements]
• Hearing Co-Chair Dick D’Amato [Statements]
• Hearing Co-Chair Daniel Slane [Statements]

8:45 am – 9:00 am        Panel I:  Congressional Perspectives

• [Members of Congress invited]

9:00 am – 10:00 am      Panel II:  Administration Perspectives

• Dr. W. David Menzie, Chief of Global Minerals Analysis, National Minerals Information Center, U.S. Geological Survey [Testimony]

10:00 am – 10:10 am      Break

10:10 am – 11:30 am      Panel III:  Water Resources

• Dr. Jennifer Turner, Director, China Environment Forum, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
• Dr. Elizabeth Economy, Director of Asia Studies, Council on Foreign Relations [Testimony]
• Ms. Grace Mang, China Program Director, International Rivers [Testimony]

11:30 am – 12:15 pm      Lunch

12:15 pm – 1:30 pm        Panel IV:  Oil, Gas, and Minerals

• Dr. Mikkal Herberg, Research Director, Energy Security Program, National Bureau of Asian Research [Testimony]
• Ms. Sarah Forbes, Senior Associate, World Resources Institute [Testimony]
• Mr. Jeff Green, Esq., President and Founder, J.A. Green & Company [Testimony]

1:30 pm – 1:40 pm        Break

1:40 pm – 3:00 pm        Panel V:  China’s International Fishing Activities

• Dr. Lyle Goldstein, Associate Professor, China Maritime Studies Institute, U.S. Naval War College [Testimony]
• Dr. Patrick Cronin, Senior Advisor and Senior Director of the Asia-Pacific Security Program, Center for a New American Security [Testimony]
• Ms. Tabitha Mallory, PhD candidate, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies [Testimony] [Appendices]

Written Testimony:

• Dr. Brahma Chellaney, Professor of Strategic Studies, Centre for Policy Research [Testimony]
• Environmental and Development Desk, Central Tibetan Administration [Testimony]