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UK offers Hong Kong residents a route to citizenship as China flags passport ban
Britain has hailed a new visa offering Hong Kong citizens a route to citizenship after China’s crackdown on political opposition in the city, but Beijing says it will no longer recognise special British passports offered to residents of the former Crown colony.
Key points:
- The UK says it is giving Hongkongers the chance to “make their home in our country”
- China says the policy would turn Hongkongers into “second-class British citizens”
- Beijing will stop recognising special British passports issued to some Hongkongers
Britain and China have been bickering for months about what London and Washington say is an attempt to silence dissent in Hong Kong, though Beijing says the West’s views are clouded by misinformation and an imperial hangover.
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