Originally Posted by
kets
Hey guys,
we found pretty good deals for a flight to Japan from Germany via China to Tokyo. But we are a little hesitant, because we are not sure if we would have to leave the transit area or if there are even passport controls inside the international transit areas. Does anyone know if they check the passports in Shanghai or Beijing when you just have a short layover there?
The problem is that naturally China doesn't recognize Taiwan. For China, my wife is "chinese". As a chinese she shouldn't have a German passport without her resigning her "chinese/taiwanese" citizenship. She has been to China and Hong Kong before when she was younger, so they do have all her biometric data etc.
It's just a little "scary". I don't want my wife getting detained and questioned in a foreign country while we travel with our baby girl.
The official policy of the PRC is to treat all ROC citizens with a foreign passport as foreign nationals. So your wife is absolutely fine to use her German passport while in the PRC.
BTW, not recognising dual citizenship does not mean that holding two passports breaks the law. It simply means that China will choose to only recognise one citizenship in such cases.