1. China has never issued nationality to the deceased before 2019, and Joan Hinton and her husband are the first.
2. In 2002, Joan Hinton and her husband applied for citizenship, but China just issued a green card and allowed non Chinese Naturalization in 2004. The first green card in China was given to Joan Hinton.
3. A foreigner's naturalization application must meet one of three conditions before it is qualified to be submitted to the Ministry of public security for examination and approval: first, relatives of Chinese people, second, special talents, and third, settled in China. Joan Hinton can only apply for residence in China, and the standard is 120 months after obtaining the green card. And by this time Joan Hinton was dead.
4. China is indeed not a country of immigration. There are two main reasons for this. First, the war in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Libya have nothing to do with China. Refugees are not made in China. Second, China once implemented the family planning policy, and the Chinese have paid a heavy price for it, so foreigners have no reason to enjoy the results. Unless he can prove his worth.
Joan Hinton is a famous nuclear physicist in the USA and a participant in the Manhattan Project. She and her husband are loyal Communists, they have lived in China for many years and made great contributions to China's development. Because China's formulation of nationality law is inefficient, it is regrettable that she did not fulfill her wish before she died.
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