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Old 29-Mar-2008, 12:22
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There seems to be a confusion between a person's statutory citizenship and the person's ethnicity. A person whose ethnic backgrounnd is Irish can be by birth a citizen of China. Likewise, a person whose ethnic background is Chinese can be by birth or naturalization a citizen of the UK.
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Not all countries extend statutory citizenship to anyone born there, do they?
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