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Re:230K Chinese “persuaded to return” from abroad to establi... by seanmcdirmid on Saturday October 01, 2022 @11:55PM (#33052673)
This case: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/25/gui-minhai-det...

> The court in Ningbo acknowledged Gui had become Swedish in the 1990s but added that he had applied to restore his Chinese citizenship in 2018. China does not recognise dual citizenship and restoring his Chinese passport may have been a way to block Swedish diplomats from visiting him, observers said.

That was after he was detained (china kidnapped him in Thailand).

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Re:230K Chinese “persuaded to return” from abroad to establi... by aix1 on Sunday October 02, 2022 @02:23AM (#33053408)
> they’ve been known to rescind someone rescinding their citizenship

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> he had applied to restore his Chinese citizenship in 2018

Unless I'm misreading this, or if the latter claim is false, these are two very different scenarios, no?

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Re:230K Chinese “persuaded to return” from abroad to establi... by rippercushions on Sunday October 02, 2022 @03:03AM (#33053624)
Gui was kidnapped in 2015, so his "application" to restore Chinese citizenship in 2018 was almost certainly not exactly voluntary.
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