Bulletin of Portuguese - Japanese Studies ISSN: 0874-8438
[email protected] Universidade Nova de Lisboa Portugal Silva Fernandes, Moisés HOW TO RELATE WITH A COLONIAL POWER ON ITS SHORE: MACAU IN THE CHINESE FOREIGN POLICY, 1949-1965 Bulletin of Portuguese - Japanese Studies, vol. 17, 2008, pp. 225-250 Universidade Nova de Lisboa Lisboa, Portugal Available in: http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=36122836009 How to cite Complete issue Scientific Information System More information about this article Network of Scientific Journals from Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal Journal's homepage in redalyc.org Non-profit academic project, developed under the open access initiative BPJS, 2008, 17, 225-250 HOW TO RELATE WITH A COLONIAL POWER ON ITS SHORE: MACAU IN THE CHINESE FOREIGN POLICY, 1949-1965 Moisés Silva Fernandes * Instituto Confúcio, University of Lisbon Abstract With the imminent takeover of power by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in mainland China in 1949, Portuguese decision-makers in Macau and Portugal feared the collapse of the tiny enclave, and thus the beginning of the end of the Portuguese Empire. However, this bleak scenario did not materialise. The aim of this paper is to analyse the reasons behind this longevity – mainly, during the first decade-and-a-half of Mao Zedong’s regime, when the leadership of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) held officially to a rather strong revolutionary, anti-colonialist and anti-imperialist posture. Resumo Aquando da iminente tomada de poder pelo Partido Comunista Chinês (PCC) na China Continental em 1949, os decisores portugueses em Macau e em Portugal temeram pelo colapso do exíguo enclave e a precipitação do princípio do fim do império portu- guês.