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China furious, Hong Kong celebrates after U.S. move on bills
By YANAN WANG
Associated Press
BEIJING — China
reacted furiously Thursday
to President Donald Trump’s
signing two bills aimed at
supporting human rights in
Hong Kong, summoning the
U.S. ambassador to protest
and warning the move would
undermine cooperation with
Washington.
Hong Kong, a former Brit-
ish colony that was granted
semi-autonomy when China
took control in 1997, has
been rocked by six months
of sometimes violent pro-de-
mocracy demonstrations.
Thousands of pro-de-
mocracy activists crowded
a public square in down-
town Hong Kong on Thurs-
day night for a “Thanksgiv-
ing Day” rally to thank the
United States for passing the
laws and vowed to “march
on” in their fi ght.
Trump’s approval of the
bills was not unexpected.
Neither was the reaction
from Beijing, given China’s
adamant rejections of any
AP Photo/Vincent Thian
Protester holds U.S. fl ags during a demonstration in Hong Kong on Thursday.
commentary on what it con-
siders an internal issue.
Nevertheless, the clash
comes at a sensitive time and
could upset already thorny
trade negotiations between
the two nations.
Chinese Vice Foreign
Minister Le Yucheng told
U.S. Ambassador Terry
Branstad that the move con-
stituted “serious interference
in China’s internal affairs
and a serious violation of
international law,” a foreign
ministry statement said.
Le called it a “nakedly
hegemonic act.” He urged
the U.S. not to implement the
bills to prevent greater dam-
age to U.S.-China relations,
the ministry said.
In a statement about the
meeting, the U.S. Embassy
in Beijing said, “the Chi-
nese Communist Party must
honor its promises to the
Hong Kong people.”
The U.S. “believes that
Hong Kong’s autonomy, its
adherence to the rule of law,
and its commitment to pro-
tecting civil liberties are key
to preserving its special sta-
tus under U.S. law,” it said.
The U.S. laws, which
passed both chambers of
Congress almost unan-
imously, mandate sanc-
tions on Chinese and Hong
Kong offi cials who carry
out human rights abuses
in Hong Kong, require an
annual review of Hong
Kong’s favorable trade sta-
tus and prohibit the export to
Hong Kong police of certain
nonlethal munitions.
“I signed these bills out
of respect for President Xi,
China, and the people of
Hong Kong,” Trump said in
a statement. “They are being
enacted in the hope that
Leaders and Representatives
of China and Hong Kong
will be able to amicably set-
tle their differences leading
to long term peace and pros-
perity for all.”
Prominent Hong Kong
activist Joshua Wong, who
was among those who lob-
bied for the U.S. laws, said it
was remarkable that human
rights had triumphed over
the U.S.-China trade talks.
Wong told Thursday’s rally
that the next aim is to expand
global support by getting
Britain and other Western
nations to follow suit.
Since the Hong Kong pro-
tests began in June, Beijing
has responded to expres-
sions of support for the dem-
onstrators from the U.S. and
other countries by accusing
them of orchestrating the
unrest to contain China’s
development. The central
government has blamed for-
eign “black hands” bent on
destroying the city.
C.Y. 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 support-
ers 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 legisla-
tion was a way to hit back
at Beijing.
Ads assail conservative legal group over Trump’s court picks
By MATTHEW DALY
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — A lib-
eral activist group is launch-
ing a digital ad campaign tar-
geting the Federalist Society,
a conservative legal organi-
zation that has championed
judges appointed by Pres-
ident Donald Trump, such
as Supreme Court Justices
Brett Kavanaugh and Neil
Gorsuch.
The ads, to appear on
LinkedIn and Facebook,
assail major law fi rms that
sponsored the Federalist
Society’s recently annual
dinner, where Kavanaugh
addressed more than 2,000
people in tuxedos and gowns
at Washington’s Union
Station.
The ads feature photos of
a snarling Kavanaugh, along
with Christine Blasey Ford,
the woman who accused him
of sexually assaulting her
when they were teenagers, a
charge he denied. “The Fed-
eralist Society is rebuilding
Kavanaugh’s image” through
events such as its annual din-
ner, the ad charges, so why
are the law fi rms paying for
it?
Sponsored by Demand
Justice, the ads target a half-
dozen prominent fi rms that
sponsored the dinner, such
as Kirkland & Ellis, where
Kavanaugh served as a part-
ner, as well as Sullivan &
Cromwell, WilmerHale and
Consovoy McCarthy, where
a senior partner was recently
confi rmed as a federal appel-
late judge.
The bare-knuckle ads are
a rarity in the city’s genteel
legal world and an exam-
ple of the increasing toxicity
of the political debate over
Trump’s judicial nominees.
Demand Justice says the
ads are the beginning of a
sustained campaign “to hold
AP Photo/Sait Serkan Gurbuz, File
In this Nov. 16, 2017, fi le photo, Supreme Court Associate
Justice Neil Gorsuch speaks at the Federalist Society’s 2017
National Lawyers Convention in Washington.
accountable” people who
help the Federalist Society
“rehabilitate a sexual preda-
tor and attack the rule of law.”
The Federalist Society
declined to comment. Carrie
Severino, a longtime Federal-
ist Society member and pol-
icy director of the conserva-
tive Judicial Crisis Network,
called criticism by Demand
Justice and other liberal
groups a badge of honor.
The Federalist group “is
a successful network of con-
servatives and conservative
lawyers that are very effec-
tive,” Severino said. Liberal
critics “don’t like that,” she
added.
The ads come as Trump
and his allies celebrate his
administration’s success in
getting more than 160 federal
judicial nominees confi rmed
by the Republican-controlled
Senate, including 48 appeals
court judges. About a quar-
ter of current federal appeals
court judges were nominated
by Trump.
Senate Majority Mitch
McConnell of Kentucky
hailed Trump’s record on
reshaping courts in an
appearance with the Repub-
lican president this month.
“And Mr. President, we’re
going to keep on doing it,” he
said. “My motto is: Leave no
vacancy behind.”
The Senate will begin
considering eight more judi-
cial nominees next week,
including Sarah Pitlyk, a for-
mer Kavanaugh clerk who
was deemed unqualifi ed by
the American Bar Associa-
tion. Pitlyk, who has never
tried a case, works for an
anti-abortion-rights group.
Many Democrats opposed
her nomination.
Brian Fallon, executive
director of Demand Justice,
is a former adviser to Hillary
Clinton’s 2016 presidential
campaign and former spokes-
man for Senate Democratic
Leader Chuck Schumer.
He said Pitlyk’s nomi-
nation and the recent party
line confi rmation of Ste-
ven Menashi, a former
White House lawyer named
by Trump to a New York-
based appeals court, show
the importance of the ad
campaign.
Many of Trump’s nomi-
nees, Menashi among them,
have ties to the Federalist
Society, which has vetted and
recommended dozens of con-
servative lawyers for Trump’s
consideration as judges.
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