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Dual citizenship crackdown could fray Canada’s Hong Kong ties By Chuck Chiang | February 12, 2021, 6:09am
More than 300,000 Canadian citizens live in Hong Kong | 4045/iStock/Getty Images Plus
Hong Kong’s recent decision to crack down on dual-nationality residents holds potentially grave consequences for the more than 300,000 Canadian citizens living in the Chinese Special Administrative Region (SAR).
That’s the observation of several Canadian experts on Hong Kong and China, who add that new restrictions – which move Hong Kong closer in policy alignment with China’s central government – may throw Hong Kong’s role as an international business centre into the deep freeze.