Chinese Nationality

Chinese nationality may refer to the nationality or the right to carry a passport of a number of areas:

  • Nationality Law of the Republic of China, the law which defines who is or may become a ROC national.
  • Nationality Law of the People's Republic of China, the law which defines who is or may become a PRC national
  • HKSAR passport, issued to PRC nationals with permanent residence in Hong Kong
  • Macau SAR passport, issued to PRC nationals with permanent residence in the Macau

Chinese nationality, more commonly in the plural form Chinese nationalities, may also be a term of reference to the various ethnic groups in China, individually or collectively (see Nation):

  • Zhonghua minzu
  • Ethnic minorities in China
  • List of ethnic groups in China
  • Ethnic groups of Taiwan

Famous quotes containing the words chinese and/or nationality:

    “One alone in a Chinese square
    confronted tanks, while others fled.
    He stood for freedom for us all,
    but few care now if he’s jailed or dead.”
    —Jimmy Carter (James Earl Carter, Jr.)

    “If nationality is consent, the state is compulsion.”
    —Henri-Frédéric Amiel (1821–1881)