Originally Posted by
lavedder
Are you saying China doesn't recognize its own laws?
The Article 3 of China Nationality Law holds that the country will not admit the dual nationality of a Chinese citizen. Moreover, the Article 9 of that law declares that as soon as a Chinese takes a foreign citizenship, he will automatically lose his Chinese citizenship.
Despite what is written in Article 9, I did read PRC does require a hukou-holding Chinese national (i.e. Mainland resident) to renounce his/her Chinese nationality (and also the renunciation has to be accepted by the PRC) before the PRC will treat that person as a foreigner
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/chin...l#post30192821 . There's nothing automatic about it.
And for all HRP-holding Chinese nationals, renunciation is definitely necessary because of the 15 May 1996
Explanations (see Christep's link in #43 for the text)