China furious, Hong Kong celebrates after US move on bills China has summoned the U.S. ambassador to strongly protest President Donald Trump’s signing of bills on human rights in Hong KongProtesters sticks a poster featuring U.S. President Donald Trump on a pillar during a demonstration in Central, the financial district of Hong Kong, Thursday, Nov. 28, 2019. China reacted furiously to President Donald Trump's signing of two bills on Hong Kong human rights and said the U.S. will bear the unspecified consequences. China reacted furiously to President Donald Trump's signing of two bills on Hong Kong human rights and said the U.S. will bear the unspecified consequences. The U.S. laws, which passed both chambers of Congress almost unanimously, mandate sanctions on Chinese and Hong Kong officials who carry out human rights abuses in Hong Kong, require an annual review of Hong Kong’s favorable trade status and prohibit the export to Hong Kong police of certain nonlethal munitions. Leung, a former chief executive of Hong Kong, said at a talk at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Hong Kong that he doubts the U.S. or supporters of the bills “ever had the interest of Hong Kong in mind.”He suggested Hong Kong was being used as a “proxy” for China and the legislation was a way to hit back at Beijing.

Source: ABC News November 28, 2019 06:14 UTC