HongKong

What does Beijing’s current silence over Britain’s citizenship offer to Hongkongers mean for the fate of BN(O)?



It started as a diplomatic compromise, but the arrangement seems to be coming to an end because the consensus has been broken. That is the likely fate of the British National (Overseas) status in Hong Kong.Accusing Beijing of violating the city’s freedoms by imposing a sweeping national security law, Britain last July offered a so-called pathway for local BN(O) passport holders to full British citizenship over a total period of up to six years.Beijing angrily warned Britain to “correct the…



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