US-China Commission Report - Fatal System Error

2008 COMMISSION STAFF
T. SCOTT BUNTON, Executive Director
KATHLEEN J. MICHELS, Associate Director
OMAR ASLAM, (former) Staff Assistant
NICHOLAS J. BARONE, Staff Assistant
SYLVIA BOONE, (former) Administrative Assistant
AMY BESS, Human Resources Assistant
JOHN D. DOTSON, Research Coordinator
M.L. FAUNCE, Administrative-Program Assistant
TERESA GARCIA, Executive Administrative Assistant
MICHAEL J. JANSER (LTC–U.S. Army), Senior Policy Analyst, Military-Security Issues
SHANNON KNIGHT, Policy Analyst, Military and Security Issues
LEE LEVKOWITZ, Research Assistant
PAUL MAGNUSSON, Senior Policy Analyst for Economic and Trade Issues
MARTA MCLELLAN-ROSS, Policy Analyst, Foreign Affairs and Energy
ATHANASIOS P. MIHALAKAS, Policy Analyst for Economic and Trade Issues
ERIK PEDERSON, Congressional Liaison
NARGIZA SALIDJANOVA, Policy Analyst for Economic and Trade Issues
KATHLEEN WILSON, Budget and Accounting Specialist
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The Commission would like to express its deep appreciation to those who testified
before the Commission as expert witnesses, the researchers and analysts who prepared
research papers under contract to the Commission, and others who assisted
the Commission’s work by briefing the Commissioners on a wide array of economic
and security issues. All these efforts helped inform the Commission’s and the
public’s debate on issues vital to ongoing U.S.-China relations.
The Commission offers its special thanks to Ambassador Clark T. Randt Jr. and
his staff in Beijing; Consul General James B. Cunningham and his staff in Hong
Kong; Ambassador J. Thomas Schieffer and his staff in Tokyo; Ambassador Alexander
Vershbow and his staff in Seoul; Dr. Stephen M. Young, director of the American
Institute in Taiwan, and his staff in Taipei; and the Honorable Christopher
Hill, assistant secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, and his staff
for their outstanding support of the Commission’s fact-finding trips to Asia. The
Commissioners also wish to thank the agencies of the intelligence community that
briefed Commissioners on key issues of importance to the U.S.-China relationship.
The Commissioners offer special appreciation to Rona Mendelsohn, who served as
technical editor of the final Report, and to the policy analysis staff for their exemplary
assistance in framing the debate and assisting in the writing and editing of
the final Report.
And finally, the Commissioners also express their thanks to the Commission’s administrative
staff and former staff members, research interns, fellows, and others
who assisted the Commissioners and staff during this Report cycle by preparing research
material and background information and by providing program and administrative
support for the briefings and public hearings. They include Christopher P.
Fioravante, Nicholas Hardy, John L. Haverty, Justin Jeng, Richard A. Komaiko,
Sara Newland, Matthew J. Platkin, Steven Rao, Peter L. Ruffo, Matthew Seresin,
Kenneth Standley, and J.R. Warner.