before its handover to China in 1997/7/1, most residents were British Dependent Territories Citizens (BDTCs) or British Overseas Citizens (BOCs). However, their nationality status changed after the handover, and they became Chinese nationals or
-narra(万儿八千);
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retained a special status as British Nationals (Overseas) (BNOs) without the right of abode in the UK.