Chinese Spouse Takes Legal Action Against Government

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A former county councilor is taking her case to Taiwan's courts after the interior ministry revoked her public servant status. The interior ministry says she failed to show proof she renounced her Chinese citizenship, but she says her status is protected under the law.

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00:01A former county councillor from China who was retroactively removed from office is taking

00:05legal action against the Taiwanese government.

00:08The Interior Ministry revoked Shi Shui-yan's office after she couldn't prove she had given

00:33up her Chinese citizenship.

00:35Taiwan requires public officials to renounce foreign citizenship before being sworn in.

00:40But Shi's lawyer argues that under Taiwan's constitution, Chinese citizens are not considered

00:45foreigners and that they fall under a separate law.

00:49The Mainland Affairs Council says Chinese citizens are not recognized as Taiwanese nationals.

01:05Chinese citizens have no country against the constitution under a�.

01:10This is the Chinese national constitution in this country, as well as few of the national elections.

01:14So, the mainland has no means Михаила's communist.

01:16Chinese citizens are not recognized as an international national constitution.

01:19Chinese citizens are not recognized as a national constitution.

01:20Since we are russian in this country, it should be a national constitution in these countries.

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