China must shun radical criteria: Hong Kong panel proposes concept of 'Chinese blood.'

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China could adopt Hong Kong's flawed concept of using race in establishing nationality, compounding the error by identifying people as Chinese nationals regardless of their own choices or other nations' laws. A proposal by the Preparatory Committee of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region would ignore the lack of an identifiable Chinese race, as singling out the Han would be unacceptable, and would overlook the non-Chinese citizenship of many Han. Ultimately this measure would raise doubts about China's own good faith.

Ethnology, Cultural anthropology

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Pragmatism rules in Hong Kong: many seek British nationality to get passports by 1997

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Britain will give holders of passports issued by the new Hong Kong Special Administrative Region the right to visit Hong Kong after 1997 without visas, and some 100,000 Hong Kong residents will apply to become British nationals in order to get a British passport. British Prime Minister John Major, announcing those decisions, also said Britain intends to see China lives up to its committments under the Joint Declaration signed in 1984, including keeping Hong Kong capitalist until 2047.

United Kingdom, Analysis, British foreign relations, Hong Kong foreign relations, Passports

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Hongkong's stateless Indians need Chinese citizenship now

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China has commendably offered Chinese citizenship to Indian residents of Hongkong after Britain hands over sovereignty in 1997. However, China could improve this offer by allowing Hongkong's 7,000 Indians to seek citizenship immediately. Though relatively few in number, Hongkong's Indians contribute significantly to the colony's external trade. Permitting them to ask for citizenship now would continue China's liberal policy on naturalization.

Laws, regulations and rules, Column, Social policy, Indians (Asian people), Indians in foreign countries

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