CO129-507-2 China- protection of Anglo-Chinese 11-11-1927 - 23-11-1928 — Page 42

regards protection, by the issue of the

newessary instructions to Consular officers,

As regards jurisdiction the most. convenient oburse

will be to amend the definition of "British

Subject" in article 3 of the China Order-in-

Council so as to exolade from it persons who

possess Chinese nationality under Chinese law,

other than persons who have been less than six

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months in China.

5.

With regard to the further point raised by

you in regard to the children, wherever born,

of Anglo-Chinese who have obtained certificates

of denationalisation, I agree that it is essent-

ial that they should not be entitled to claim

British protection and jurisdiction except as

transient visitors. There would appear to be

no difficulty in treating them in the saŋgway

as other persons of dual nationality, provided

that they possess Chinese nationality under

Chinese law, The difficulty is that as

Chinese law is based exclusively on the jus

sanguinis

it would seem probable that the

children of a denationalised Chinese, at any

rate

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