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aix1 on Oct 2, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: 230K Chinese “persuaded to return” from abroad to ...

> 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?

rippercushions on Oct 2, 2022 [–]

Gui was kidnapped in 2015, so his "application" to restore Chinese citizenship in 2018 was almost certainly not exactly voluntary.

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