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UK offers Hong Kong residents route to citizenship, angering China
Hong Kong residents can apply from Sunday for a new visa giving them the chance to become British citizens following China's crackdown in the former colony, but Beijing said it will no longer recognise the special British passport already in use.
www.reuters.com
BEIJING (Reuters) - China said on Friday that it would not recognise the British National Overseas (BNO) passport as a valid travel document or for identification starting from Jan. 31.
Foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian was speaking at a regular news briefing.
Beijing’s move to impose a national security law in June last year prompted Britain to offer refuge to almost 3 million Hong Kong residents eligible for BNO passport from Jan. 31.