BEIJING - The Latest on President Donald Trump’s signing bills supporting pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong (all times local):10:15 a.m.China has reacted furiously to President Donald Trump’s signing of bills on Hong Kong human rights and says the U.S. will bear the unspecified consequences. A foreign ministry statement Thursday repeated heated condemnations of the law and says China will counteract. It says all the people of Hong Kong and China oppose the move. ___7:45 a.m.President Donald Trump has signed two bills aimed at supporting human rights and pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong. Still, Trump is expressing some concerns about complicating the effort to work out a trade deal with China’s President Xi Jinping.

Source: thestar November 28, 2019 02:15 UTC