[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 158 (Tuesday, August 18, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41784-41785]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-19747]


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U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION


Open Public Hearing

AGENCY: U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission.

ACTION: Notice of open public hearing--September 10, 2009, Washington, 
DC.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the following hearing of the U.S.-
China Economic and Security Review Commission.

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    Name: Carolyn Bartholomew, Chairman of the U.S.-China Economic and 
Security Review Commission.
    The Commission is mandated by Congress to investigate, assess, and 
report to Congress annually on ``the national security implications of 
the economic relationship between the United States and the People's 
Republic of China.''
    Pursuant to this mandate, the Commission will hold a public hearing 
in Washington, DC on September 10, 2009 to address ``China's Media and 
Information Controls--The Impact in China and the United States.''

Background

    This event is the eighth and final public hearing the Commission 
will hold during its 2009 report cycle to collect input from leading 
academic, industry, and government experts on national security 
implications of the U.S. bilateral trade and economic relationship with 
China. The September 10 hearing will examine Chinese propaganda 
narratives and information censorship surrounding ``sensitive'' news 
stories in 2008 and 2009, Chinese government information control 
policies in 2008 and 2009, and developments involving China's Internet 
control regime and Internet activism.
    The September 10 hearing will be Co-chaired by Chairman Carolyn 
Bartholomew and Commissioner Daniel Blumenthal.
    Information on hearings, as well as transcripts of past Commission 
hearings, can be obtained from the USCC Web site http://www.uscc.gov.
    Copies of the hearing agenda will be made available on the 
Commission's Web site http://www.uscc.gov as soon as available. Any 
interested party may file a written statement by September 10, 2009, by 
mailing to the contact below. On September 10, the hearing will be held 
in one session, beginning in the morning and running until the early 
afternoon. A portion of each panel will include a question and answer 
period between the Commissioners and the witnesses.

Date and Time: Thursday, September 10, 2009, 8:15 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. 
Eastern Daylight Savings Time. A detailed agenda for the hearing will 
be posted to the Commission's Web site at http://www.uscc.gov in the 
near future.

ADDRESSES: The hearing will be held on Capitol Hill in Room 562 of the 
Dirksen Senate Office Building located at First Street and Constitution 
Avenues, NE., Washington, DC 20510. Public seating is limited to about 
50 people on a first come, first served basis. Advance reservations are 
not required.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public wishing 
further information concerning the hearing should contact Kathy 
Michels, Associate Director for the U.S.-China Economic and Security 
Review Commission, 444 North Capitol Street, NW., Suite 602, 
Washington, DC 20001; phone: 202-624-1409, or via e-mail at 
[email protected].

    Authority: Congress created the U.S.-China Economic and Security 
Review Commission in 2000 in the National Defense Authorization Act 
(Pub. L. 106-398), as amended by Division P of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Resolution, 2003 (Pub. L. 108-7), as amended by 
Public Law 109-108 (November 22, 2005).

    Dated: August 12, 2009.
Kathleen J. Michels,
Associate Director, U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission.
[FR Doc. E9-19747 Filed 8-17-09; 8:45 am]
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