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pared to settle with all countries concerned.” In a conversation with the Burmese Ambassador to China on June 22, 1956, Premier Chou En-Lai further stated that the PRC Government opposed dual nation- ality. In a visit to Burma on December 18th of the same year, he reiter- ated that China wished to settle the dual nationality problem and that as long as overseas Chinese voluntarily acquired a local nationality, they would no longer be considered Chinese nationals.”
The late Premier, in a conversation on October 2, 1957 with an Indonesian official, further emphasized:
China has no intention whatsoever of using the overseas Chi- nese to interfere in the internal affairs of other countries. On the contrary, we are prepared to solve the overseas Chinese problem in order to avoid its interference with our friendly re- lations with other countries. The overseas Chinese are hereby encouraged to acquire local nationality and to participate in the development of the local economy. Those who do not wish to acquire the local nationality should also be expected to abide by the local law."
This basic policy was consistently followed in China's dealings with the Philippines in 1973, and succinctly reaffirmed in a communi- que jointly issued with the Kingdom of Thailand on July 1, 1975, which read:
The PRC hereby declares that she does not recognize dual na- tionality. The two governments herein agree that any person of Chinese nationality or Chinese ancestry who has acquired Thai nationality would automatically lose Chinese nationality. For those who intend to preserve their Chinese nationality the PRC government, according to her consistent policy, would re- quire that they respect the laws, customs and culture of the Kingdom of Thailand, and that they cooperate with the local authorities."
As recently as November 1978, during his visit to Malaysia, Deng Xiaoping also declared:
95. Speech of Premier Chou En-Lai Before the Full Conference of Afro-Asian Coun- tries at Bandung (Apr. 19, 1955), reprinted in G. Ambekar & V. Divekar, DocumENTS ON China's Relations with South and Southeast Asia (1949-1962) 13, 15 (1964).
96. See J. JING & Z. Li, Guonra Qiantan (A Brief Discussion of the Nationality Law) 41-42 (1980).
97. Id. at 42.
98. Id. at 40.
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