Originally Posted by
jamar
My considerations aren't just from the China side; I can imagine certain types of employment in the US government where my formally having claimed dual citizenship by getting a CTD would cause issues were I to apply.
If you want to eliminate this risk, you'd have to formally renounce your Chinese nationality.
Even if you don't apply for a CTD, you're still a Chinese national by law. So if whatever you're trying to do does not allow dual citizens (e.g., holding political office), then you're already in trouble.