considered illegal, illegitimate and unacceptable to the PRC.
Fourthly, various sources of legal and regulative practices also
show that the Chinese from Hong Kong are treated as "compatriots" in
China. For instance, in the early 1950's, Chinese students from Hong
Kong taking their studies in Kwongtung would be treated under special
regulations issued by the Provincial Authority to differentiate them
from regular overseas Chinese students. In its practice of entrance-
exit permits in the early 50s, people in China (and presumably
compatriots from Hong Kong) submitted an application to their local
Public Security Officers for a permit to enter or exit. This permit is
called simply an "exit or Entry Permit" (±), while people
(A 境通行証),
(出國通行証)
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exiting for foreign countries would apply for a "Going Abroad Permit"
The key word here is "abroad". This practice
indicates that China takes Hong Kong as its own territory.
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This practice continued for a long time, except when briefly
disrupted in 1956, to make it
more convenient for those held up in
Canton because of new restrictions imposed on immigration by Hong Kong,
as discussed above. As late as 1984, when an identity card was first
devised in China, a law was enacted to require an identity card for all
citizens who live in China, except for foreigners. For those
compatriots who live in Hong Kong, Macao, or Taiwan, and overseas
Chinese who live abroad, the law requires no identity card except if
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they returned for permanent residence. Again, this law draws a line
between Chinese citizens and foreigners. For the former, the Chinese in
Hong Kong are classified as
compatriots who are required to have an
identity card upon their returning for permanent residence, and no
procedure of naturalization
is
naturalization is needed before an
necessary.
For the latter,
identification card is
required.
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