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China Removes Another Shred of Hong Kong Identity

Territory forced to adopt Beijing policy on dual nationality

Our Correspondent
Feb 10, 2021
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Official policy in Hong Kong is moving to explicit racism as its leader, chief executive Carrie Lam, follows the latest diktats from Beijing. In a February 9 statement, Lam made a clear distinction between ethnic Chinese and others in announcing that the Hong Kong government would not recognize dual passports although these are held by millions of Hong …

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