Amendment proposed would nullify citizenship for Taiwanese who adopt new Chinese residency permits
Taiwan News
Date: 2018/09/10
By: Keoni Everington, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — In response to an announcement by Beijing that Taiwanese
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living in China would be eligible for “smart residence cards” starting this month, an amendment is being proposed that would revoke the citizenship of Taiwanese who opt for such residence permits, reported Liberty Times.
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Wang Ding-yu (王定宇) announced yesterday that he had put forward an amendment to the Act Governing Relations Between the People of the Taiwan Area and the Mainland Area (臺灣地區與大陸地區人民關係條例) that would revoke citizenship from Taiwanese who apply for the new Chinese residence permits. However, if they choose to abandon these new Chinese residence permits, they will be eligible to restore their status as Taiwanese citizens.
Wang said that the amendment will be an extension of Article 9, Item 1 of the act, which states that Taiwanese who establish household registration in China or obtain a passport from China will violate the law and forfeit their status as a Taiwanese citizen and related privileges. The revised version of the law would extend this loss of citizenship to those who receive a Chinese residence permit, however, citizenship and rights can be restored if they renounce the Chinese residence permit. [FULL STORY]
