of Chinese. This is the general Chinese reaction to denaturalization of
Chinese, which has developed from various crises of overseas Chinese
throughout the contemporary history. This reaction was even recognized
by Americans and British, and had discouraged them from naturalizing
Chinese.
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So far, we have only
Chinese in general situation.
been dealing with the denaturalization of
To take a closer look at the British
and
subject policies of the Ching, the Kuomintang and the Communists,
make a comparison of their policies would also provide an insight of
Chinese governmental attitudes towards denaturalization of
various
Chinese.
A look at Britain's attitudes toward denaturalization of the
Chinese would also be beneficial to studies of Chinese governmental
attitudes towards the denaturalization issue. Firstly, the most
important feature is that the British approach towards naturalization of
56 Chinese is more cautious, moderate and legalistic. On the whole, she
never pushed the issue to the point of conflict or challenge.
Secondly,
the British experience of naturalization of the Chinese has occurred in
various colonies and therefore has demonstrated a variety of social-
political conditions that have tested different Chinese governmental
attitudes. Also, British colonies tend to last, and therefore covered
different time with different international political moods which have
had an impact on Chinese governmental attitudes, too.
During the 70 years contact with the outside world before the first
Chinese Nationality Law emerged,
observers and scholars
tended to
China would have better management of the
believe that gradually,
naturalization issue,
her attitude
towards this issue would be much
clearer, and her law
defined. Her
towards this issue would become much better
officials would not be able to take advantage of the
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