Hong Kong arrests threaten passage of EU-China investment deal: European Parliament


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Hong Kong arrests threaten passage of EU-China investment deal: European Parliament Hong Kong arrests threaten passage of EU-China investment deal: European Parliament 15:29:09hrs Hong Kong, January 9 (ANI): The EU-China investment deal, tentatively reached just last week, faces a new hurdle as a growing number of European Parliament members expressed concern on Wednesday over the mass arrests of over 50 pro-democracy politicians in Hong Kong under Beijing's draconian National Security Law. "The situation in Hong Kong is followed closely by parliamentarians," said Bernd Lange, head of the EU parliament's trade committee, which will be responsible for reviewing the deal later...