The expansion of BNO's power highlights the British hypocritical dual nationality Hong Kong people must choose one of the two? ｜01 Weekly

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Written by: Huang Yunna

2020-07-26 19:54

"The most stupid thing about the British government's BNO plan is that the Chinese government will allow Hong Kong people who participate in this plan to continue to have Chinese nationality and Hong Kong residency after applying for a BNO visa."-Under the Sino-US game, Hong Kong is self-righteous. After jumping into this game of chess, when the relevant interest groups have to "choose sides", a member of the "Western Freedom Camp" and the United Kingdom, which is closely related to the United States in trade, will naturally take unsurprising measures to take "moral responsibility". Holders of the "British National (Overseas) Passport" commonly known as "BNO" have expanded their right to apply for naturalization in the United Kingdom with extremely loose conditions, and are expected to "make Hong Kong a lot of money" through this. However, the incident triggered a strong backlash from the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, criticizing the British for violating the "Sino-British Joint Declaration", and will consider not recognizing BNO as a valid travel document, and reserves the right to take further measures.

The picture shows the demonstration of "Lunch with you" in May. Someone showed their BNO passport and the British Hong Kong flag. (Data Picture / Photo by Yu Junliang)

As soon as the news came out, even the former head of the Security Bureau, Ye Liu Shuyi, who claimed to be a "nationality law expert," also asserted that the impact was minimal. But disapproving. He posted a post on social media Facebook a few days ago, pointing out that the British government misjudged the central government’s strategy for dealing with the BNO problem. He predicted that the authorities might “have a good time to announce a new policy, requiring BNO holders participating in this plan to be between British nationality and Hong Kong abode. Choose one of the two." In fact, the issue of "dual nationality" in Hong Kong has already caused many disputes. If the central government is willing to adopt special measures of "eyes only and eyes closed" during the "Sino-British negotiations" for a smooth transition in Hong Kong, then Hong Kong needs urgently. "Second return" to consolidate the "one country, two systems" current situation, will the central government still have it? Many mainland legal scholars have asserted that if the British side insists on going its own way, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress may reinterpret the law and thoroughly implement the "single nationality" principle.

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