Hong Kong Mass ‘Subversion’ Arrests Prompt Calls to Drop EU Investment Deal —


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tweet The mass arrests of Hong Kong opposition politicians and activists under China’s draconian national security law on Wednesday have sparked calls on the European Parliament to reject a controversial investment pact recently agreed between the EU and Beijing. “In response to Hong Kong’s political crackdown, I urge the European Parliament to halt the EU-China investment deal and EU to sanction China&HK officials who are responsible to the arrests,” former Hong Kong lawmaker Nathan Law, who has fled the city to live in the U.K., tweeted in response to the arrests of 53 pro-democracy figures linked to an opposition primary...