Ben Cardin actually said...

Hong Kong's special status in economic power in large part depends on an open relationship with the United States.

if we are hanging our hopes that more economic interchange with them is going to somehow transform them into a more open, more liberalized, ...

I would ask, Mr. Chairman, that nothing in the legislation should undermine the principle that Hong Kong is autonomous.

This will be the last hearing that I chair for the Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs.