before the issue of the certificate would retain their
Chinese nationality“.
It seems to us not unreasonable to hold that
the position of children of denationalised Chinese born
before the denationalisation of the father is governed
by Article 10 (11) of the new law, which provides that
a Chinese citizen "whose father is an alien and has
recognised him (or her) as his child" phall lose his
(or her Chinese nationality, subject however to the
application of this provision being confined to children
who have not attained their majority according to Chinese
law. The word "allon" in Article 10 (11) can hardly be
interpreted in the restricted sense of an alien by birth since the child of an alien (by birth) father could not (unless of course the father was unknown) porsese Chinose
Nationality under Article 1 and therefore could not lose
it under Article 10. If therefore Article 10 (11) is to
have my meaning it would seem that the words "is an
alion"
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