Ben Cardin actually said...

We will continue to voice our support for universal suffrage in Hong Kong and to stand up for universal human rights and fundamental freedom...

The people of Hong Kong deserve no less than their counterparts in other countries.

this does not leave me hopeful that this is a government that, at any point in the near future, is going to be more open and more accommodat...

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