Hearing: Taiwan-China: Recent Economic, Political, and Military Developments Across the Strait, and Implications for the United States

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Hearing Co-Chairs: Commissioners Patrick A. Mulloy and Larry M. Wortzel

Commissioners’ Opening Statements

Opening statement of Commissioner Patrick A. Mulloy (PDF)

Opening statement of Commissioner Larry M. Wortzel (PDF)

Panel I: Congressional Perspectives

• Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
• Congressman Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL) (PDF)
• Congressman Phil Gingrey, M.D. (R-GA) – Statement for the Record (PDF)

Panel II: Administration Perspectives

• Mr. David B. Shear, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC (PDF)
• Mr. Michael Schiffer, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs, U.S. Department of Defense, Washington, DC (PDF)

Panel III: Military Aspects

• Mr. Mark Stokes, Executive Director, Project 2049 Institute, Arlington, VA (PDF)
• Dr. Albert S. Willner, Director, China Security Affairs Group, CNA, Alexandria, VA (PDF)
• Mr. David A. Shlapak, Senior International Policy Analyst, The RAND Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA (PDF)

Panel IV: Economic Aspects

• Dr. Merritt T. (‘Terry’) Cooke, CEO, GC3 Strategy Inc., Bryn Mawr, PA (PDF)
• Mr. Rupert Hammond-Chambers, President, U.S.-Taiwan Business Council, Arlington, VA (PDF)
• Dr. Scott L. Kastner, Associate Professor, Department of Government and Politics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD (PDF)

Panel V: Political Aspects

• Mr. Randall G. Schriver, President and CEO, Project 2049 Institute, Arlington, VA (PDF)
• Dr. Shelley Rigger, Brown Professor of Political Science, Davidson College, Davidson, NC (PDF)
• Dr. Richard C. Bush III, Director, Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies, The Brookings Institution, Washington, DC (PDF)