NEW YORK -- U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi assured Hong Kong activists Monday of American support from both sides of the aisle, saying Washington's moral authority rests on standing up for the territory regardless of commercial interests in China.
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U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has argued that human rights should trump commerce when it comes to Hong Kong. © Reuters
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