Show adopts law of nationality leg station recently enacted in chila brings country in L ie with rest of world A chinese paper states hat the law ot nationally nation allt consisting of 24 art cles has been declied upon by this law any person who has lived in china over ten years an i Is above 20 years of age ol 01 good moral standing being helpful to china may be allowed to assume chinese i rationality if asked for unless one has lived in chin more than twenty years he will not be allowed to serve in the grand mall imperial housel old department or as a military official m any position above the fourth grade neither can he become a member of nor of the provisional council when one wishes to abandon his nationality as a chinese he must first get the consent 0 the board concerned or he cannot lose his nationality only d person who has not official position or ban not tailed to pay taxes Is allowed to abandon his nationality when n chinese woman marries a fore gner she will abda ion hei chinese nation allty and when a foreign woman mir res a chinese she ft ill beco ne chi nese in either assuming or abandon ins nat onal ty the wife and chilldres chill dren will follow the husband s national t A woman who is married Is not al lowed to change her nationality alone women who are divorced and persons who have abandoned chinese aliby before the laws are enforced will b breatt 1 as chinese so long as they live in and enjoy their r gats in china |