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thus on a completely different footing
from those Concessions, where the land in
question remains Chinese territory in
respect of which dues are paid and
local
teal jurisdiction regulated by ad hoc
extra-territoriality agreements.
Persons
born in Hong Kong are, so far as British
law is concerned, British subjects.
There is, however, a tendency, particularly
in Chinese minds, to class Hong Kong with
the Treaty Ports, and the position in
Hong Kong of Great Britain with the
position of foreign Powers in the Concessions.
For this reason, great care has always been
taken to avoid entering into special
agreements with China which would tend to
approximate the position of Hong Kong
to that of a Treaty Port. This policy has
become more marked of late years owing to
the nationalistic drive for the abolition of
"unequal treaties" and the lengths to which
the
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