en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handover_of_Hong_Kong
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a new status "British Overseas Territories citizen" was introduced
This nationality status was not introduced in 1980. The 1981 nationality reforms created **British Dependent Territories citizen (BDTC)** status from 1 January 1983, and the name **British Overseas Territories citizen (BOTC)** was only adopted in 2002.
Full reasoning
The claim is incorrect on both the name and the date.
Official UK government nationality guidance explains that when the British Nationality Act 1981 took effect on 1 January 1983, it created the status of British Dependent Territories citizen (BDTC) for people connected with a dependent territory. It further states that BDTC was renamed British Overseas Territories citizen (BOTC) from 26 February 2002 under the British Overseas Territories Act 2002.
So there was no status called "British Overseas Territories citizen" in May 1980. In the Hong Kong context, the relevant post-1981 status was BDTC, and the BOTC label came much later in 2002.
2 sources
- Form NS: guidance (accessible version) - GOV.UK
In 1983, the British Nationality Act 1981, introduced three new statuses ... British dependent territories citizenship was acquired by people with a connection with a British overseas territory ... British dependent territories citizenship was renamed as British overseas territories citizenship from 21 May 2002.
- British overseas territories citizens - GOV.UK
From 1 January 1983 to 25 February 2002, BOTCs were known as British dependent territories citizens (BDTCs). ... on 26 February 2002: the 'British Dependent Territories citizens' (BDTC) became 'British overseas territories citizens' (BOTC).
including the Treaty of Nanking in 1842, the Convention of Peking in 1856, and the Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory signed in 1890.
Two treaty dates in this sentence are wrong. The Convention of Peking relevant to Hong Kong was signed in **1860**, not 1856, and the Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory was signed in **1898**, not 1890.
Full reasoning
This sentence misdates two of the three treaties it cites.
Official Hong Kong government historical material states that the Convention of Peking was in 1860 and that the convention extending Hong Kong territory was signed in Peking on 9 June 1898. The Government Records Service also labels the relevant document "Treaty of Peking, 1860".
So the sentence should not say 1856 for the Convention of Peking, and it should not say 1890 for the Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory.
2 sources
- Chapter 23: Lease of the New Territories
The Convention of Peking in 1860, which ended the hostilities, provided for its outright cession. By a convention signed in Peking on June 9, 1898, respecting an extension of Hong Kong territory, the New Territories ... was leased for 99 years.
- Government Records Service
Treaty of Peking, 1860 (Reproduced from the copy kept by the First Historical Archives, China).