Cardin: I Think China Believes in National Sovereignty, They Just Think Tibet, Hong Kong, and Taiwan Are 'Their Country'

On Friday's broadcast of CNN's "The Lead," Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD) stated that he thinks China "believes that we need to respect the sovereignty of its own country and of other countries." And maintained that China's actions towards Tibet, Hong Kong, and Taiwan don't contradict his belief China believes in national sovereignty because those are "territorial disputes" that "relate to what they believe is legitimately their country, through either the rights of sea or through the historic relationship between Taiwan and mainland China."