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HSBC has tried to stay in Beijing's good graces, vocally backing Hong Kong's national security law, sparking criticism in Washington and London.Shares in banking giant HSBC plunged to a 25-year low Monday on fears it could be added to a Chinese list of firms deemed a threat to national security and following news it had been accused of allowing fraudulent activity to go unpunished.
The troubled lender tanked more than four percent to HK$29.60 at one point -- a level not seen since mid-1995 -- as investors fret over its ability to continue doing business in China and Hong Kong, which make up a crucial portion of its growth.
The sell-off came after the Global Times, a state-run English tabloid in China, reported the bank could be one of the first firms to be named on Beijing's "unreliable entity list" as part of a tit-for-tat stand-off with several western countries.The report pointed to HSBC's participation in Washington's investigation of Huawei and the arrest of its chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou in Canada.
Among penalties that can be meted out include restrictions on trade, investment and visas.
"If the company is listed as an unreliable company by China, which looks certain since it's a Global Times article, the bank will be facing lots of difficulties to do business in China," Banny Lam, at CEB International Investment Corp., told Bloomberg News.
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