[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 76 (Friday, April 21, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 18832]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-08133]
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U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION
Notice of Open Public Hearing
AGENCY: U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission.
ACTION: Notice of open public hearing.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the following hearing 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 May 4, 2017 on ``China's
Information Controls, Global Media Influence, and Cyber Warfare
Strategy''.
DATES: The meeting is scheduled for Thursday, May 4, 2017, from 9:30
a.m. to 3:20 p.m.
ADDRESSES: TBD, Washington, DC. A detailed agenda for the hearing will
be posted on the Commission's Web site at www.uscc.gov. Also, please
check the Commission's Web site for possible changes to the hearing
schedule. Reservations are not required to attend the hearing.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public seeking
further information concerning the hearing should contact Leslie
Tisdale, 444 North Capitol Street NW., Suite 602, Washington, DC 20001;
telephone: 202-624-1496, or via email at [email protected].
Reservations are not required to attend the hearing.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: This is the fifth public hearing the Commission will
hold during its 2017 report cycle. This hearing will examine the
mechanisms the Chinese government uses to censor information in China
and the effectiveness of these mechanisms; the methods employed by
Internet users in China to circumvent these mechanisms; the
implications for the United States of China's attempts to export and
normalize its information control practices; China's global media
influence, to include its strategic soft power goals motivating
acquisitions of U.S. film studios and cinemas and its influence over
foreign news; the development of Chinese journalism and the degree of
freedom currently allowed to Chinese and foreign reporters in China;
China's influence on media in the United States; Chinese computer
network operations doctrine; China's views of internet sovereignty and
attempts to promote them abroad; views of experts and strategists in
China on subjects such as deterrence in cyber space; and trends in the
regulation of cyberspace and cyber conflict. The hearing will be co-
chaired by Chairman Carolyn Bartholomew and Commissioner Larry Wortzel.
Any interested party may file a written statement by May 4, 2017, by
mailing to the contact information above. A portion of each panel will
include a question and answer period between the Commissioners and the
witnesses.
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), as amended by Public Law 113-291
(December 19, 2014).
Dated: April 17, 2017.
Michael Danis,
Executive Director, U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission.
[FR Doc. 2017-08133 Filed 4-20-17; 8:45 am]
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