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The law, a revised version of 1954 drafts, guaranteed the accused equality before the law regardless of race, nationality, sex, social background, or religious beliefs and gave people the right to a lawyer. In certain cases, the lawyer would be court-appointed. The law called for independence of the judiciary from political interference.
Immigration to the People's Republic of China is the international movement of non-Chinese nationals in order to reside permanently in the country.. In the late 1970s, roughly 300,000 ethnic Chinese immigrated from Vietnam to China.
Timeline of Chinese history. This is a timeline of Chinese history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in China and its dynasties. To read about the background to these events, see History of China. See also the list of Chinese monarchs, Chinese emperors family tree, dynasties of China and years in China.
Waves of Chinese emigration have happened throughout history. They include the emigration to Southeast Asia beginning from the 10th century during the Tang dynasty, to the Americas during the 19th century, particularly during the California gold rush in the mid-1800s; general emigration initially around the early to mid 20th century which was mainly caused by corruption, starvation, and war ...
Travelers may be refused entry or multi-stop transit if they have Chinese visa refusal stamps in their passports, have violated Chinese immigration laws in the past five years, failed to register with local Public Security Bureaus within 24 hours of entry in the last two years, or are otherwise inadmissible under Chinese laws and regulations. [52]
The proposed legislation sought to satisfy a requirement under Article 23 of the Basic Law, Hong Kong’s mini-constitution, that the city enforce its own laws criminalizing treason, sedition and ...
The McCarran-Walter Immigration and Nationality Act goes into effect, repealing the National Origins Act of 1924 and allowing immigration quotas to Japan and other Asian countries. This Act gives the rights of naturalization and eventual citizenship for Asians not born in the United States and sets a quota of 105 immigrants per year for each ...
Internal migration in the People's Republic of China is one of the most extensive in the world according to the International Labour Organization. [1] This is because migrants in China are commonly members of a floating population, which refers primarily to migrants in China without local household registration status through the Chinese Hukou system. [2]