Recently CNN Business reported the following:
英ＨＳＢＣに各方面から批判、香港国家安全法の導入支持で
2020.06.11 Thu posted at 19:30 JST
香港（ＣＮＮ Ｂｕｓｉｎｅｓｓ） 英金融大手ＨＳＢＣが中国政府による香港への国家安全法導入に支持を表明したことに対し、各方面から批判が集中している。欧米の当局者や投資家に加え、中国紙からも「依然態度が曖昧」との批判を受けた。
ポンペオ米国務長官は９日、ＨＳＢＣが同法を支持したことを批判。企業が「叩頭（こうとう：膝をつき、額を地面に付けるおじぎ。卑屈な態度を取ることも意味する）」したところで、中国政府内で尊敬を得る結果にはならないと指摘した。国家安全法をめぐっては、１９９７年の中国返還時に約束された香港の自治を後退させることへの懸念が出ている。
ＨＳＢＣの株主、アビバ・インベスターズのデービッド・カミング株式最高投資責任者（ＣＩＯ）も１０日の声明で、ＨＳＢＣや同じ英系銀行のスタンダードチャータードが同法の実際の運用方法を知らないまま支持を決めたことに「不安を感じる」と述べた。
一方、中国国営の環球時報は９日、王氏の写真を公開した後もＨＳＢＣが「香港の国家安全法に対して依然曖昧な態度」を抱いていると批判。さらにＨＳＢＣが中国通信機器大手、華為技術（ファーウェイ）の孟晩舟（モンワンチョウ）最高財務責任者（ＣＦＯ）に対する米国の訴追を助けたとする国内の批判にも言及した。
ＨＳＢＣは１５０年以上前、アジアと欧州の間の貿易金融を扱う目的で、香港上海銀行として創設された。現在でもこの地域で大規模な事業展開を行っている。
Translation
Hong Kong (CNN Business) - Criticism from all sides had been
converging on the British financial giant HSBC for the fact that it had
announced support for the introduction of national security law by the Chinese
government into Hong Kong. In addition to Western officials and investors,
Chinese newspapers also criticized HSBC as " is still having an ambiguous
attitude."
On the 9th US Secretary of State Pompeo accused HSBC of supporting the law. He pointed out that when a company " Kouto (Kouto: A bow with knees and the forehead on the ground). It also meant taking a subservient manner)”, it would not result in gaining respects within the Chinese government. About the National Security Law, there was concern that the autonomy of Hong Kong as promised when it was returned to China in 1997 would be eroded.
Inside China, HSBC last week posted on social media a photo that its Chief executive officer (CEO) of Asia-Pacific, Peter Wong, signed a document that supported the law. In response to that, in the British Parliament, voices from the House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Tugendhat and others questioned HSBC's decision.
A shareholder of HSBC, David Cumming as the Chief Investment Officer (CIO) of the Aviva Investors also in a statement yesterday said that he had "uncomfortable feeling" about the decision by HSBC and the other British system bank, the Standard Chartered to show support for the same law without knowing how it actually would work.
On the other hand, after releasing a photo of Mr. Wong, China's state-owned Global Times on the 9th accused HSBC of still having an ambiguous attitude toward the national security law in Hong Kong. It also mentioned about the criticism in China that HSBC had helped the US prosecution against Meng Wanzhou, the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Huawei which was a major communication equipment manufacturer in China
HSBC was founded more than 150 years ago as the Hong Kong-Shanghai Bank to handle trading finance between Asia and Europe. Even now, large-scale business developments were in progress in this region.
About the
introduction of the Hong Kong National Security Law, mainland China has been
trying hard to show that there is a popular support in Hong Kong for the Law. One
local left-wing organization has conducted a signature campaign and claims that
almost 3 million Hongkong people have signed up to support it. Separately, probably
under pressure, 5 out of the 8 Hong Kong universities have also declared their
support. HSBC is a household name in Hong Kong and was registered in Hong Kong
before 1997 (moved its registration to UK after 1997). HSBC is a global
financial institution and in recent years it moves its business more and more towards
the Asia markets in China and Hong Kong, and also new markets in South-east
Asia. It is understandable that China wants to force foreign banks to make a
political stance on the new security law. All bankers know that to maintain a good
business relation with the local authority is important for their banks in
every respect.
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