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A country, especially one with strong rule of law and individual rights, cannot strip citizens of citizenship just like that. In fact it is even illegal in int

A country, especially one with strong rule of law and individual rights, cannot strip citizens of citizenship just like that. In fact it is even illegal in international law to make people stateless so stripping citizenship is really only an option against people who have dual-citizenship and the threshold is still high. But they can put severe sanctions on citizens who work in China, I suppose. Anyway, this looks like the US are increasingly desperate to hold on to their global supremacy.

buro9 4y ago
As far as I understood it... they are targeting dual-nationality dual-passport holders. No-one would be left without a country of citizenship, but it withdraws the bridge to the USA for those dual-citizen holders.
- mytailorisrich 4y ago
  Unless we can read the legal text that specifically says that penalty will include losing citizenship I can only say that highly doubt that this will be the case... I suspect that this is a misrepresentation of the new restrictions, which, as far as I understand, only state that US citizens will be banned from certain jobs without a license. This does not mean that anyone will be stripped of citizenship. It means that dual-nationals may choose to renounce US citizenship in order to keep working in China: " For many senior executives at Chinese companies, the rule will likely force them to decide between their jobs and their U.S. citizenship or permanent resident status, Mr. Chamorro said. The rules require all U.S. persons to apply for a license to continue working in Chinese advanced chip development. " [1] Again, stripping someone of citizenship is a nuclear option and is rare and has a high threshold. For instance, the US a such a law against German Nazi war criminals who moved to the US after WWII. [1] https://www.wsj.com/articles/american-executives-in-limbo-at-chinese-chip-companies-after-u-s-ban-11665912757 https://www.wsj.com/articles/american-executives-in-limbo-at...

buro9 4y ago

As far as I understood it... they are targeting dual-nationality dual-passport holders. No-one would be left without a country of citizenship, but it withdraws the bridge to the USA for those dual-citizen holders.

mytailorisrich 4y ago
Unless we can read the legal text that specifically says that penalty will include losing citizenship I can only say that highly doubt that this will be the case... I suspect that this is a misrepresentation of the new restrictions, which, as far as I understand, only state that US citizens will be banned from certain jobs without a license. This does not mean that anyone will be stripped of citizenship. It means that dual-nationals may choose to renounce US citizenship in order to keep working in China: " For many senior executives at Chinese companies, the rule will likely force them to decide between their jobs and their U.S. citizenship or permanent resident status, Mr. Chamorro said. The rules require all U.S. persons to apply for a license to continue working in Chinese advanced chip development. " [1] Again, stripping someone of citizenship is a nuclear option and is rare and has a high threshold. For instance, the US a such a law against German Nazi war criminals who moved to the US after WWII. [1] https://www.wsj.com/articles/american-executives-in-limbo-at-chinese-chip-companies-after-u-s-ban-11665912757 https://www.wsj.com/articles/american-executives-in-limbo-at...