Nationality law of the People's Republic of China of the Ninth National People's Congress on December 29, 1998. Unlike the UK, Portugal did not have an overseas nationality, which means that residents of Macau had the same type of Portuguese nationality as those in Portugal. Unique provisions include clarification for individuals of both Chinese and Portuguese descent, who may choose either Chinese or Portuguese nationality without losing right to abode. Negotiations between China and Portugal over Macau were considerably smoother than those between the United Kingdom and China over Hong Kong, and in the former a pragmatic practical agreement was understood making double nationality possible "de facto" for
Nationality law of the People's Republic of China additional nationalities at birth through "jus sanguinis" from the non-Chinese parent. However, a child born to at least one Chinese parent does not automatically acquire Chinese nationality if, due to the consequences of its birth, it can acquire another nationality. That is, a child born outside China does not automatically acquire Chinese nationality if the parents, who are Chinese nationals, themselves settle permanently outside China (see "nationality by birth" above) and the child is eligible to acquire that country's nationality at birth. In general, most second generation overseas Chinese ("Chinese Americans", "British Chinese" or "Chinese Canadians", etc.) and many South