The US said businesses operating in Hong Kong could fall afoul of national security legislation and also faced heightened legal and regulatory risks — including violating US sanctions — in an alert issued by the Biden administration on Friday.
The advisory said the additional danger was posed by China’s March implementation of the Article 23 security legislation in Hong Kong, which the US has warned could further erode human rights protections and be used to prosecute routine business activities.
American authorities are concerned that lobbying, market analysis relying on government data, publishing media analysis or commentary, or engaging with reporters, ...
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