Familiar with Chinese citizenship rules? Should one give up Chinese citizenship for US, if they live in HK?

I am not familiar with the citizenship rules of the US, but I do know a lot of people in similar situation (Canadian and HK residency). Most of these people enter HK with their HK Permanent Resident ID card because if they should require hospitalization or medical treatment, you may be required to pay a deposit before you get anything. They don't have problems crossing immigration into HK, but I do know many of them still need to get a visa to enter China (I believe only people born in HK and have the 3 stars on their ID card can enter China without a visa).

HK/China don't require you to get a Chinese passport and you can still travel to other countries with your US green card/passport. Just like the people I know, they travel elsewhere with the Canadian passport for better protection (ie. if there should be a riot or whatever in the country you're visiting, you're protected by the Canadian embassy).

Also, HK/China don't require you to turn in your residency ID card after you got US citizenship. As long as you renew your HK ID card when asked to, that card is yours.

The thing is the Chinese government wouldn't allow a Chinese Citizen to have dual citizenship, but that is not the case with the U.S. government, which dual citizenship is permissible. However, the Chinese government wouldn't know if you have been naturalized to U.S. unless you pronounce it to them. Naturally if a Chinese citizen becomes a citizen of anywhere else in the world, he/she automatically gives up his Chinese citizenship. I know for a fact that holds true for China, but HK has a totally different system from that of China since it is a special administrated region.

On a note of the green card, it depends on where you would want to spend most of your life in, U.S., HK, or China? If you are going to work in states, then you mind as well naturalize to become an American Citizen, since there are benefits in finding jobs and such. But if you are going to spend most of your time in HK/China, then you should hold your green card.

I,m a chinese man,if let me to chose i will stick with the green card.this didn't mean i don't love my country.i think to decide which country i live is based on my career.it's dream for chinese people to live in american.in there,there are more opportunity to make big change to the world.

No, "they" do not make you give up the Chinese citizenship...and anyway...how is the Chinese govt even going to know the person now has U.S. citizenship unless he goes over there and announces it to them? The U.S. does not require anyone to renounce their previous citizenship. On the 2nd site below, read the 3rd paragraph under "Citizenship by Naturalization." the 2nd site is the same one I gave you before. you now have 2 sites stating that a person is NOT required to give up their original citizenship to become a U.S. citizen. Of course, the personn can also consult an immigration lawyer and when he applies for citizenship, he can ask this question too.