I disagree with "tzuuyi". US implicitly allow dual citizenship. I knew many people who has Canadian (or other countries) and US dual citizenship. If such a person go to a US consulate to apply for a visa, the consular will not demand to see the US passport and cut a corner of it.
So you see, based on my comments below (for US citizen renouncing US citizenship), the only way you lose your Chinese citizenship is to:
1. Go to Chinese embassy or consulate office (cannot be in Mainland or Hong Kong or Macau)
2. In front of a Chinese consular or diplomatic officer
3. Sign an affidavit
4. Pay funds equivalent of USD 2,350 (my guess, because this is the price to pay to renounce US citizenship).
Period.
You see. Chinese government just wants to make sure you really really want to renounce your Chinese citizenship and they got the hint from US laws. If you want to criticize Chinese government, you might as well criticize US government first.
Because
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Haha, Chinese government merely tried to follow US laws. Why criticize?
Here is an excerpt from immigrations lawyers web site about renunciation of US citizenship. It sounds funny but it is real:
If, after your 18th birthday, you become a naturalized citizen of a foreign country (or take an oath of allegiance to that country), your US citizenship may be lost. Under the OLD immigration laws, your act of becoming a citizen of another country was considered to be an act contrary to being a US citizen, and so citizenship was automatically lost. THE LAW TODAY IS DIFFERENT.
If you become a naturalized citizen of another country, it'll be PRESUMED that you DON'T want to lose your US citizenship. If the US embassy or consular officer finds out about your naturalization, you'll be asked to complete a questionnaire about your intentions. Unless you make an affirmative, direct statement that you intended to give up your citizenship, you'll still be considered a US citizen.
Another web site immigration findlaw says:
A person wishing to renounce his or her U.S. citizenship must voluntarily and with intent to relinquish U.S. citizenship:
1. appear in person before a U.S. consular or diplomatic officer,
2. in a foreign country (normally at a U.S. Embassy or Consulate); and
3. sign an oath of renunciation
Renunciations that do not meet the conditions described above have no legal effect. Americans cannot effectively renounce their citizenship by mail, through an agent, or while in the United States.
So Chinese official might be in a loss why they were criticized. They merely followed US laws.
