By Jack Barnett HSBC is “cheerleading” for the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) campaign to strip away Hong Kongers’ human rights, Nathan Law, a pro-democracy activist, told City A.M. today. Law, a former member of Hong Kong’s parliament, accused Britain’s largest lender of putting profits ahead of taking a stand against Beijing eroding the city’s citizens’ freedoms through the imposition of the controversial national security law. Adherence to a “profit seeking model” is motivating HSBC to stay, Law said, adding the lender is “cheerleading for the regime”. Law, 29, a former pro-democracy Hong …
