China.
it is
British passports applicable only in Hong Kong and elsewhere, but not in
China simply would not accept this document, either for
protection or for travelling purposes. If anything is different,
only that Britain has agreed to continue to provide existing British
Subjects (now called British National Overseas, or BNO) with passports
and consular protection outside China, even after 1997. If this is
the only British concession, it does comply with the intent of the 1981
Nationality Law, which aims to prevent a sudden massive influx of
immigrants from British Subjects whom Britain has no political or
economic stomach to hold.
When China and Britain agreed to put down in a written legal
document as such, they simply reaffirm their former practices of dealing
with Hong Kong Chinese British Subjects. In the past, they each formed
their own policy without informing each other. and without expecting
official recognition of the other. Their positions were put in separate
memoranda to indicate a kind of hard
out.
agreement. But as China points
given the historical background of Hong Kong and the reality, they
seemed to have no other choice but to show a pragmatic attitude.
Both China's and Britain's handling of the issue of Chinese British
Subjects developed over a long time, and have social-political and
economic considerations. Their experiences provide an excellent case
study of the Chinese British Subject policy of China and Britain in
particular, and their policies towards their nationality laws in
general. In this paper,
it confines only to the study of China's Hong
Kong Chinese British Subject policies. Particular
attention will be
given to China's non-recognition policy.
China's Hong Kong Chinese British Subject Policy: Facts on Non-
Recognition of Hong Kong Chinese British Subjects
The People's Republic of China was established in 1949. Since its
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