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"ref": "2021 January 30, “Hong Kongers eye British citizenship but fear retaliation from China”, in The Economist, →ISSN:",
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"A British passport held by someone with British National (Overseas) status."
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"alt": "Yīngguó guómín (hǎiwài)",
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