HK's Democrats Clamor for Spot on Crowded US Agenda

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Mark Landler, 美高层访华议程纷繁，香港居首. 纽约时报中文网, Sept 5, 2014
cn.nytimes.com/usa/20140905/c05post/


, which is translated from

Mark Landler, Hong Kong’s Democrats Clamor for Spot on Crowded US Agenda; A high-level envoy is expected to confront Chinese leaders. New York Times, Sept 5, 2014.

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"For Ms [national security adviser Susan E] Rice, who prides herself on her blunt advocacy of human rights, the throngs of protesters in Hong Kong are difficult to ignore.

“'Great Britain has already capitulated, so the Chinese have dismissed them,' said Anson CHAN 陳方安生, a former top official in the Hong Kong government who has become a democratic activist.

"the melancholy reality for Hong Kong is that the White House, like 10 Downing Street, has other fish to fry with the Chinese. To date, the only official American response to the voting law is a statement from the State Department that 'the United States supports universal suffrage in Hong Kong,' but refrains from criticizing the Chinese government.

Note: The online English title ("As US Looks to China, Hong Kong Tops the Agenda," on which the Chinese-language title is based) in the cn.nytimes.com does NOT reflect the text. The English title in both nytimes.com and print do.