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  2. Nationality - Wikipedia

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    For example, although Chinese nationality law operates uniformly in China, including Hong Kong and Macau SARs, with all Chinese nationals classified the same under the nationality law, in reality local laws, in mainland and also in the SARs, govern the right of Chinese nationals in their respective territories which give vastly different rights ...

  3. Wikipedia:Citizenship and nationality - Wikipedia

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    An obvious example of when citizenship and nationality will differ is naturalization through immigration. [4] In this circumstance a person may be required to renounce their previous citizenship(s) (depending on the laws of both the original and receiving states), but this does not imply that they have renounced their previous nationalities as ...

  4. United States nationality law - Wikipedia

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    Nationality defines the legal relationship between a person and a state or nation, specifying who is a member or subject of a particular nation. [3] [4] [5] The rights and obligations of citizenship are defined by this relationship, as well as the protections to which nationals are entitled.

  5. Jus sanguinis - Wikipedia

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    Jus sanguinis (English: / dʒ ʌ s ˈ s æ ŋ ɡ w ɪ n ɪ s / juss SANG-gwin-iss [1] or / j uː s-/ yooss -⁠, [2] Latin: [juːs ˈsaŋɡwɪnɪs]), meaning 'right of blood', is a principle of nationality law by which nationality is determined or acquired by the nationality of one or both parents.

  6. Nationality law - Wikipedia

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    Nationality law is the law of a sovereign state, and of each of its jurisdictions, ... A prominent example of a country with jus matrimonii laws is Cape Verde.

  7. Citizenship - Wikipedia

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    Citizenship is a membership and allegiance to a sovereign state. [1] [a]Though citizenship is often conflated with nationality in today's English-speaking world, [3] [4] [5] international law does not usually use the term citizenship to refer to nationality; [6] [7] these two notions are conceptually different dimensions of collective membership.

  8. Ethnicity - Wikipedia

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    Ethnicity is an important means by which people may identify with a larger group. Many social scientists, such as anthropologists Fredrik Barth and Eric Wolf, do not consider ethnic identity to be universal. They regard ethnicity as a product of specific kinds of inter-group interactions, rather than an essential quality inherent to human ...

  9. National identity - Wikipedia

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    An example of this phenomenon is the rise in patriotism and national identity in the United States after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. [ 27 ] [ 28 ] The identity of being an American is salient after the terrorist attacks and American national identity is evoked. [ 1 ]