Let me introduce Ms. Wang, who I met a couple of weeks ago in China, and who was kind enough to tell me about her family’s small-scale business. Needless to say, it involves North Korea - otherwise, why would we talk about it at NKNews?
Ms. Wang (not her real name, of course) is a peculiar person – or, rather, a person of unusual legal standing. She is Hwagyo (of, if you use the Chinese pronunciation of the same characters, huaqiao): a member of a small community of ethnic Chinese who permanently reside in North Korea while retaining citizenship of the People’s Republic.
Let me introduce Ms. Wang, who I met a couple of weeks ago in China, and who was kind enough to tell me about her family’s small-scale business. Needless to say, it involves North Korea - otherwise, why would we talk about it at NKNews?
Ms. Wang (not her real name, of course) is a peculiar person – or, rather, a person of unusual legal standing. She is Hwagyo (of, if you use the Chinese pronunciation of the same characters, huaqiao): a member of a small community of ethnic Chinese who permanently reside in North Korea while retaining citizenship of the People’s Republic.
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