HSBC and StanChart back China security law for Hong Kong

HONG KONG/LONDON (Reuters) - HSBC and Standard Chartered banks gave their backing to China's imposition of a national security law on Hong Kong on Wednesday in a break from their usual policy of political neutrality.HSBC's Asia-Pacific Chief Executive Peter Wong signed a petition backing the law, the bank said. HSBC "respects and supports all laws that stabilise Hong Kong's social order," it said in a post on social media in China.StanChart later said it believed the law can "help maintain the..