Originally Posted by
Dave510
The whole discussion about renouncing Chinese national status for consular protection in China seems purely academic at this point, in light of the Gui Minhai incident. If you’re born a Chinese national, China will assert their claim that you are Chinese, regardless of whether you renounced your nationality. And there is very little your country can or will do for you, once China has you.
Wrong. China never said Gui Minhai was a Chinese national. Only Lee Bo was "foremost a Chinese national" because Lee obtained British citizenship through the "unrecognized" scheme. Gui was simply grabbed from Thailand as a Swede. (Of course the "official" TV confession has him voluntarily returned to settle the criminal case while he was Chinese.)