Employees of HSBC’s China Securities branch set up communist unit

worker hsbc Holdings plc’s Chinese securities subsidiary has formed an entity that represents the Communist Party, in the latest example of a party establishing a presence inside a foreign company.

At least three activists have formed a party branch at HSBC Qianhai Securities, a Shenzhen-based investment bank owned by HSBC, people familiar with the matter said. London-based HSBC owns 90% of the company increasing its share spring.