About: British nationality law and Hong Kong

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British nationality law as it pertains to Hong Kong has been unusual ever since Hong Kong became a British colony in 1842. From its beginning as a sparsely populated trading port to today's cosmopolitan international financial centre and world city of over seven million people, the territory has attracted refugees, immigrants and expatriates alike searching for a new life.

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  • British nationality law as it pertains to Hong Kong has been unusual ever since Hong Kong became a British colony in 1842. From its beginning as a sparsely populated trading port to today's cosmopolitan international financial centre and world city of over seven million people, the territory has attracted refugees, immigrants and expatriates alike searching for a new life. Citizenship matters were complicated by the fact that British nationality law treated those born in Hong Kong as British subjects (although they did not enjoy full rights and citizenship), while the People's Republic of China did not recognise Hong Kongers with Chinese ancestry as British. The main legal rationale for the Chinese position was that recognising these people as British could be seen as tacit acceptance of a series of treaties which China considers "unequal" – including the ones which ceded the Hong Kong Island, the Kowloon Peninsula and the land between the Kowloon Peninsula and the Sham Chun River and neighbouring islands (i.e. the New Territories) to the UK. The main political reason was to prevent the vast majority of Hong Kong residents from having any recourse to British assistance (e.g. by claiming consular assistance or protection under an external treaty) after the handover of Hong Kong. (en)
  • 英國國籍法與香港的關係始自1842年、1860年及1898年滿清先後簽訂《南京條約》、《北京条约》與《展拓香港界址專條》割讓香港島、九龍半島以及租借新界予英國，成為英國殖民地，至香港主權移交之後（即1997年7月1日）。香港成為英國殖民地之初，凡在香港出生者皆英籍人士，但隨着殖民地移民湧入英國，以及香港主權問題進入議程，英國國籍法曾經歷多番變動，其中不少影響到香港，使香港人的公民身份問題變得獨特和複雜。1980年代，英國因應香港主權問題而推出英國國民（海外）身份，並不賦予持有人任何英國居留權，惟可使其在主權移交後仍然與英國保持某種關係，在2021年1月31日後可以此身份申請居留英國。 (zh)
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  • 英國國籍法與香港的關係始自1842年、1860年及1898年滿清先後簽訂《南京條約》、《北京条约》與《展拓香港界址專條》割讓香港島、九龍半島以及租借新界予英國，成為英國殖民地，至香港主權移交之後（即1997年7月1日）。香港成為英國殖民地之初，凡在香港出生者皆英籍人士，但隨着殖民地移民湧入英國，以及香港主權問題進入議程，英國國籍法曾經歷多番變動，其中不少影響到香港，使香港人的公民身份問題變得獨特和複雜。1980年代，英國因應香港主權問題而推出英國國民（海外）身份，並不賦予持有人任何英國居留權，惟可使其在主權移交後仍然與英國保持某種關係，在2021年1月31日後可以此身份申請居留英國。 (zh)
  • British nationality law as it pertains to Hong Kong has been unusual ever since Hong Kong became a British colony in 1842. From its beginning as a sparsely populated trading port to today's cosmopolitan international financial centre and world city of over seven million people, the territory has attracted refugees, immigrants and expatriates alike searching for a new life. (en)
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  • British nationality law and Hong Kong (en)
  • 英國國籍法與香港 (zh)
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