2011 report to congress - U.S.-China Economic and Security Review ...

dkrause on DSKHT7XVN1PROD with $$_JOB386the U.S. Armed Forces. Following three years in the marine corps,Commissioner Wortzel enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1970. His firstassignment with the Army Security Agency took him to Thailand,where he focused on Chinese military communications in Vietnamand Laos. Within three years, he had graduated from the InfantryOfficer Candidate School and the Airborne and Ranger schools.After four years as an infantry officer, Commissioner Wortzel shiftedto military intelligence. Commissioner Wortzel traveled regularlythroughout Asia while serving in the U.S. Pacific Commandfrom 1978 to 1982. The following year, he attended the NationalUniversity of Singapore, where he studied advanced Chinese andtraveled in China and Southeast Asia. He next worked for theunder secretary of Defense for Policy, developing counterintelligenceprograms to protect emerging defense technologies from foreignespionage. He also managed programs to gather foreign intelligencefor the Army Intelligence and Security Command.From 1988 to 1990, Commissioner Wortzel was the assistantarmy attaché at the U.S. embassy in Beijing, where he witnessedand reported on the 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre. After assignmentsas an army strategist and managing army intelligenceofficers, he returned to China in 1995 as the army attaché. In December1997, Commissioner Wortzel became a faculty member ofthe U.S. Army War College and served as the director of the StrategicStudies Institute. He retired from the army as a colonel.After his military retirement, Commissioner Wortzel served asthe director of the Asian Studies Center and vice president for foreignpolicy at The Heritage Foundation from 1999 to 2006. CommissionerWortzel’s books include Class in China: Stratification ina Classless Society; China’s Military Modernization: InternationalImplications; The Chinese Armed Forces in the 21 st Century; andDictionary of Contemporary Chinese Military History. CommissionerWortzel regularly publishes articles on Asian security matters.A graduate of the Armed Forces Staff College and the U.S. ArmyWar College, Commissioner Wortzel earned his Bachelor of Artsfrom Columbus College and his Master of Arts and Ph.D. from theUniversity of Hawaii. He and his wife, Christine, live in Williamsburg,Virginia. They have two married sons and three grandchildren.Michael R. Danis, Executive DirectorBefore joining the U.S.-China Commission, Michael Danis servedas an intelligence officer with the Defense Intelligence Agency for25 years. Mr. Danis managed the agency’s technology transfer division.This division is the U.S. government’s sole analytical entitytasked with producing intelligence assessments regarding all aspectsof foreign acquisition of U.S.-controlled technology and hightechnologycorporations. Mr. Danis also established and led aunique team of China technology specialists producing assessmentson China’s military-industrial complex and the impact of U.S. export-controlledand other foreign technology on Chinese weaponsdevelopment programs. While serving in the U.S. Air Force, Mr.Danis was twice temporarily assigned to the Office of the DefenseAttaché in Beijing.VerDate Nov 24 2008 13:46 Nov 10, 2011 Jkt 067464 PO 00000 Frm 00398 Fmt 6601 Sfmt 6601 G:\GSDD\USCC\2011\067464.XXX 067464