Fresh Hong Kong fears spark sell-off across Asia

Hong Kong led a sell-off across Asian equities Friday after China introduced proposals to enact a national security law for the city, fanning geopolitical tensions and overshadowing optimism about a further easing of virus lockdowns across Europe and the US. After months of concentrating on the progress and economic impact of the coronavirus, traders’ attention has suddenly been flipped back to China-US tensions, which were already being…