Southeast Asia, while dealing with affairs of "unequal treaties."
Therefore, to conclude,
considerations of "unequal treaties" and
China's
relations to Hong Kong as a territory, are current concerns to
outcry.
China, a sort of "sharp pain" that causes an immediate reaction and
Because the Hong Kong Chinese British subject issue can be
utilized to exacerbate an independence, or separatist movement, China's
non-recognition policy is implementd with an effect similar to its
"sharp pain" concern. As shown when Sir Sze-yuen Chung picked the
nationality issue of Chinese British subjects in Hong Kong as a strategy
to press London for recognition, Chung and his colleague were given a
warning to avoid being a "traitor" (3) by Deng Xiao-ping himself
when the two parties met in Peking. In this meeting, Deng insisted the
Chung delegation not be received as its capacity as Hong Kong government
officials, while Chung and his colleague constantly pressed for this
recognition."
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In spite of this immediate concern of political factors that
continued as the non-recognition policy of Chinese British subjects in
Hong Kong, it would be a vital mistake to exclude other contributing
such as historical and legal, that share a deep rooted impact
factors,
on this non-recognition issue.
Historical Perspective of Non-Recognition Policy
The PRC is the first regime in the long Chinese history to show
willingness to accept denaturalization of her nationals through various
negotiations with countries such as Indonesia, North Vietnam and Burma.
Yet, from the problems which remain even decades after agreement was
reached to suspend dual nationality, it is quite obvious that this
process of de-naturalization of Chinese is still far from complete. For
instance, the Chinese Indonesian Treaty on dual nationality was first
signed on April 22, 1955, but implementation of this treaty had not been
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