Jennifer Lee from the US faces a tough decision. Currently she needs to change citizenship or else she will miss the Olympics.

She is living in Hong Kong, where the 2008 Beijing Olympic equestrian events will be taking place.

“You have to live in Hong Kong, have a close relative who is Chinese, and have a good reason - which the Olympics would be,” she said.

“I have been in Hong Kong for 14 years, I’m married to a local, my two kids are half Chinese and were born here. I am a permanent resident.”

“If I give it up, I have to apply for a visa to go to the United States as a foreigner and they don’t give visas easily. You have to jump through all sorts of hoops,” Lee said.

She will need to be granted special permission to participate in the Olympics to compete as a foreigner.

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