Editing Overseas Chinese (section)

===Citizenship status===
The [[Nationality Law of the People's Republic of China]], which does not recognise [[multiple citizenship|dual citizenship]], provides for automatic loss of PRC citizenship when a former PRC citizen both settles in another country ''and'' acquires foreign citizenship. For children born overseas of a PRC citizen, whether the child receives PRC citizenship at birth depends on whether the PRC parent has settled overseas: ''"Any person born abroad whose parents are both Chinese nationals or one of whose parents is a Chinese national shall have Chinese nationality. But a person whose parents are both Chinese nationals and have both settled abroad, or one of whose parents is a Chinese national and has settled abroad, and who has acquired foreign nationality at birth shall not have Chinese nationality"'' (Article 5).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.china.org.cn/english/LivinginChina/184710.htm|title=Nationality Law of the People's Republic of China|publisher=china.org.cn|access-date=18 March 2015|archive-date=7 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107210849/http://www.china.org.cn/english/LivinginChina/184710.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

By contrast, the [[Nationality Law of the Republic of China]], which both permits and recognises dual citizenship, considers such persons to be citizens of the ROC (if their parents have household registration in Taiwan).