CHINA'S BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE: FIVE YEARS LATER (VIDEO) - THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 2018
ONE HUNDRED FIFTEENTH CONGRESS
SECOND SESSION
THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 2018
CONTENTS
THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 2018
CHINA’S BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE: FIVE YEARS LATER
- Opening Statement of Commissioner Katherine C. Tobin
- (Hearing Co-Chair) .........................................................................................................6
- Prepared Statement...........................................................................................................8
- Opening Statement of Commissioner Dennis C. Shea
- (Hearing Co-Chair) .......................................................................................................10
- Prepared Statement.........................................................................................................11
Panel I: Mercantilism with Chinese Characteristics: Creating Markets and Cultivating Influence
- Panel I Introduction by Commissioner Katherine C. Tobin
- (Hearing Co-Chair) .......................................................................................................12
- Statement of Nadège Rolland
- Senior Fellow for Political and Security Affairs, National Bureau of Asian Research .13
- Prepared Statement.........................................................................................................15
- Statement of Jonathan Hillman
- Fellow and Director, Reconnecting Asia Project, Center for Strategic and International Studies ............................................................................................................................23
- Prepared Statement.........................................................................................................25
- Statement of Randal Phillips
- Managing Partner, Mintz Group ....................................................................................38
- Prepared Statement.........................................................................................................40
- Panel I: Question and Answer............................................................................................46
Panel II: The Geostrategic and Military Drivers and Implications of the Belt and Road Initiative
- Panel II Introduction by Commissioner Dennis C. Shea
- (Hearing Co-Chair) .......................................................................................................64
- Statement of Ely Ratner
- Maurice R. Greenberg Senior Fellow for China Studies, Council on Foreign Relations ........................................................................................................................................65
- Prepared Statement.........................................................................................................68
- Prepared Statement of Joel Wuthnow
- Research Fellow, Center for the Study of Chinese Military Affairs, National Defense University .......................................................................................................................77
- Statement of Daniel Kliman
- Senior Fellow, Asia-Pacific Security Program, Center for a New American Security ..90
- Prepared Statement.........................................................................................................93
- Panel II: Question and Answer ........................................................................................102
Panel III: Regional Reactions and Competing Visions
- Panel III Introduction by Commissioner Katherine C. Tobin
- (Hearing Co-Chair) .....................................................................................................117
- Statement of Andrew Small
- Senior Transatlantic Fellow, German Marshall Fund of the United States ................119
- Statement of Joshua Eisenman
- Assistant Professor of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin .........................123
- Prepared Statement.......................................................................................................126
- Statement of Tobias Harris
- Economy, Trade, and Business Fellow, Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA ...............148
- Prepared Statement.......................................................................................................151
- Panel III: Question and Answer ......................................................................................166
Transcript: https://www.uscc.gov/sites/default/files/transcripts/Hearing%20Transcript%20-%20January%2025%202018.pdf