HSBC kicks off year with Hong Kong branches closed, vandalized

HSBC kicks off year with Hong Kong branches closed, vandalized

People walk past a major branch of HSBC at the financial Central district in Hong Kong, China February 21, 2017. REUTERS/Bobby Yip

HSBC is being drawn into Hong Kong’s political turmoil with protesters attacking some of its branches and graffiti daubed on the famous pair of lions that guard its city-center headquarters.

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