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- Title
China-Taiwan-Portugal Relations and Macau in Cultural Revolution: a Year of Advance, Withdrawal and Isolation.
- Authors
Chou, Bill
- Abstract
Macau is a window to understand the struggle between China and Taiwan in foreign territories. Located at the doorstep of a giant nation, the Portuguese administration in Macau was once successful in striking a balance between Taiwan which maintained diplomatic relations with Portugal until 1975 on the one hand, and China, a communist regime that Portugal opposed on the other. The overspill of Cultural Revolution to Macau in 1966 and 1967 destructed the delicate balance. The 1966 "December 3 incident" and the aftermath were celebrated by pro-Beijing social elites as a victory of patriotic movement against oppressive colonialism. This came at a cost of Macau's isolation from the major Chinese communities outside China, namely Taiwan and Hong Kong. The political radicalization was followed by expulsion of the pro-Taiwan elements, eviction of British and Hong Kong establishments and erosion of Portuguese sovereignty over Macau. The impact on Macau's political social development lingered for decades.
- Subjects
MACAU (China : Special Administrative Region); CULTURAL Revolution, China, 1966-1976; COMMUNISTS; PATRIOTISM; CHINESE Communist Party
- Publication
East Asia: An International Quarterly, 2020, Vol 37, Issue 2, p107
- ISSN
1096-6838
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s12140-020-09331-0