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several generations.
that any proposal which would tend to decrease
channels for the promotion of British trade
in China is undesirable.
There are in Malaya Chinese families
annot
Chipse
who have had no direct association with China
for over three centuries. Some even
speak or understand a word of any Chinese
dialect. They have, unlike the Hong Kong
born Chinese, completely broken their tie
with China; some already possess a sense
of allegiance to the country of their birth
and more recent ancestors so real as to
make a Chinese claim to their citizenship
Scem unreasonable and obnoxious.
Many of
these are Directors, owners or shareholders
of firms with branches or headquarters in
China itself. They find, however, great i
difficulty in obtaining from the Chinese
authorities denationalisation certificates.
The Circular Despatch No. 106
Ministry
of 21.1.30 issued by the Chinese Ambass
of Interior lays down that every applicant
for denationalisation must produce two
Chinese shop guarantors who will testify
that his application is not contrary to
the Law of Nationality. Such guarantors
are almost impossible to find, the reason
no doubt being that they are reluctant
to commit themselves to a declaration
that the applicant is "exempted from
military service" (Article 12) of the
instantly
Law of Nationality). The Circuler also
lays down that applicants for denationalisation
must fill in an elaborate form giving a
series
upossuth