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IX. Appendix: Commission Activities in 2005 and 2006

Hearings | Roundtables

Hearings

September 20, 2006. Human Rights and Rule of Law in China.Jerome A. Cohen, Professor of Law, New York University School of Law; John Kamm, Executive Director, The Dui Hua Foundation; Minxin Pei, Director, China Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Xiao Qiang, Director, China Internet Project, University of California at Berkeley.

March 6, 2006. Combating Human Trafficking in China: Domestic and International Efforts.The Honorable Christopher H. Smith, Vice Chairman, Committee on International Relations, U.S. House of Representatives; The Honorable John R. Miller, Ambassador-at-Large and Director, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, Department of State; Roger Plant, Head, Special Action Program to Combat Forced Labor, International Labor Organization; Wenchi Yu Perkins, Director, Anti-Trafficking and Human Rights Program, Vital Voices; Abraham Lee, Director of Public Relations, Crossing Borders.

Roundtables

May 15, 2006. Political Change in China? Public Participation and Local Governance Reforms.Merle Goldman, Professor Emerita of Chinese History, Boston University, and Executive Committee Member, Fairbank Center for East Asian Research, Harvard University; Joseph Fewsmith, Director of East Asian Studies Program and Professor of International Relations and Political Science, Boston University; Xie Gang, Former Senior Program Officer, Law and Governance Programs, Asia Foundation.

April 11, 2006. The Lot of Chinese Workers: Do China's Labor Laws Work? Han Dongfang, Director, China Labour Bulletin; Robin Munro, Director of Research, China Labour Bulletin.

March 13, 2006. The China-Dalai Lama Dialogue: Prospects for Progress.Tashi Wangdi, Representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to the Americas, Office of Tibet, New York; Sonam Wangdu, Chairman, United States Tibet Committee; Tseten Wangchuk, Senior Broadcaster, Voice of America, Tibetan language service.

February 24, 2006. China's Response to Avian Flu: Steps Taken, Challenges Remaining.Dr. John R. Clifford, Deputy Administrator for the Veterinary Services Program, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services' Veterinary Services program, U.S. Department of Agriculture; Erika Elvander, Office of Asia and the Pacific, Office of Global Health Affairs, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Dr. Bates Gill, Freeman Chair of China Studies, Center for Strategic and International Studies.

November 16, 2005. China's Changing Strategic Concerns: The Impact on Human Rights in Xinjiang.James A. Millward, Associate Professor of History, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University; Daniel Southerland, Vice President of Programming/Executive Editor, Radio Free Asia; S. Frederick Starr, Chairman of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University.

November 3, 2005. Working Conditions in China: Just and Favorable? Judy Gearhart, Program Director, Social Accountability International. Dr. Ruth Rosenbaum, Executive Director, Center for Reflection, Education and Action, Inc.; Dan Viederman, Executive Director, Verité.