Challenge or Opportunity China's Role in Latin America HEARING before the COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED NINTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION Tuesday, September 20, 2005 Time: 2:30 PM Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building Presiding: Senator Coleman     Witnesses:     Panel 1 The Honorable Charles S. Shapiro    Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary    Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs    Department of State    Washington, DC Mr. Roger Pardo-Maurer    Deputy Assistant Secretary    Western Hemisphere Affairs    Department of Defense    Washington, DC Mr. James R. Keith    Senior Advisor    Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs    Department of State    Washington, DC Mr. Robert Forden    Deputy Director for China and Mongolian Affairs    Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs    Department of State    Washington, DC    Panel 2 Mr. Stephen Johnson    Senior Policy Analyst for Latin America    The Heritage Foundation    Washington, DC Dr. David Lampton    Director, China Studies Program    The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced      International Studies    The Johns Hopkins University    Washington, DC Dr. Gal Luft    Co-Director    Institute for the Analysis of Global Security    Washington, DC   Witness names in blue are links to the statement given. Statements are only posted if provided electronically by witness.