Ben Cardin actually said...

that bodes ill for the future of the region, and, quite frankly, of the world, as China takes on a greater economic and military importance.

In 1992, we said human rights are of great importance to the United States and directly relevant to U.S. interests in Hong Kong.

You do not have the autonomy unless you have the right to select your leader.

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