China’s Planned Anti-Sanctions Law for Hong Kong Unsettles Financial Sector

China’s Planned Anti-Sanctions Law for Hong Kong Unsettles Financial Sector
A man walks past buildings at a business district in Hong Kong, on Nov. 4, 2019. Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters
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HONG KONG—Global banks and other financial institutions in Hong Kong are scrambling to find out details of China’s planned imposition of an anti-sanctions law on the city, and trying to understand how it could impact their operations in the financial hub.

Beijing adopted a law in June under which individuals or entities involved in making or implementing discriminatory measures against Chinese citizens or entities could be put on an anti-sanctions list of the Chinese regime.