White House won't say if Trump will sign Hong Kong Bill that has angered China

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WASHINGTON (NYTIMES) - US President Donald Trump has spent months delicately sidestepping Hong Kong's escalating battle between pro-democracy demonstrators and security services enforcing China's authoritarian government line.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump has spent months delicately sidestepping Hong Kong's escalating battle between pro-democracy demonstrators and security services enforcing China's authoritarian government line.

"He's largely tried to ignore it so far," said Laura Rosenberger, a top National Security Council aide for China affairs in the Obama White House. Speaking on CNBC on Thursday, the measure's Senate sponsor, Marco Rubio, R-Fla., said that he expected it to win Trump's approval.Trump could still invoke presidential authorities to avoid or delay enforcing some of the Bill's provisions, according to people familiar with the measure, potentially blunting its impact in the near term as well as criticism from Beijing.

"What has been surprising to me throughout the trade negotiations has been the degree of China's willingness to compartmentalize issues," said Evan Medeiros, another top China aide in the Obama White House.

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Burn down the subway, block the subway gate, and stop the subway. Does the citizen support the protesters like this? Is this democracy? 'I don't go to work, I don't let others go to work.'

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