History of Brazilian nationality History of Brazilian nationality Located in South America, Brazil is the fifth largest and fifth most populous nation in the world. First discovered by Portuguese explorer Pedro Álvares Cabral on April 22, 1500, it remained a Portuguese colony until it declared its independence on September 7, 1822. Brazil's economy was largely based on agriculture and mining; specifically the production of sugar and tobacco for export. As a result, land was concentrated in the hands of relatively few wealthy, plantation-owning families, and production was largely dependent on slave labor. The intermixing of these Europeans and Blacks, as well as the native
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