Hong Kong (CNN) Protesters in Hong Kong will hold a celebratory, pro-US rally Thursday
after President Donald Trump gave them what one prominent activist termed a "timely Thanksgiving present."
Trump signed an act in support of the protest movement despite a potential backlash from
Beijing that could derail delicate US-China trade talks, after it was passed almost unanimously by both houses of Congress.
A pro-democracy protester holds up a US flag during a gathering of thanks at Edinburgh Place in Hong Kong's Central district.
Anti-government protesters in the semi-autonomous Chinese city have long campaigned
in favor of the bill -- which would permit Washington to impose sanctions or even
suspend Hong Kong's special trading status over rights violations.
Trump's decision to sign the act gives the movement a second major symbolic victory in a matter of days.
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