1622 Dutch Defeat in Macau: Global Implications

José Luís de Sales Marques 400 hundred years ago on 24 June, Dutch ambitions led to the pursuit of a foothold in the lucrative Chinese market. The Dutch suffered a definite setback after their attempt to wrestle Macau from the Portuguese was crushed by a relatively smaller force of resistance made up of a humble

Enabling connections in a time of disruption: The Red Cross in Macau during the Second World War

Helena F. S. Lopes Given the number and variety of associations and centuries-old institutions existing in Macau, it is surprising that their history hasn’t merited more scholarly attention, despite some significant exceptions.[1] Drawing on my past research in the archives of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Geneva and the Historical Archives

Identity as a Creative Resource of the Macanese

Marisa C. Gaspar EN/PT Macanese Identity: What Future? This was an exercise of reflection, proposed to take place in a round table format, as part of the Fundação Oriente’s program of activities to mark the 20th anniversary of Macao’s handover and the establishment of the Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China, the

A Identidade como Recurso Criativo dos Macaenses

Marisa C. Gaspar EN/PT A Identidade Macaense: Que Futuro? Este foi o exercício de reflexão, proposto fazer-se em formato de mesa redonda, inserido no programa de atividades da Fundação Oriente para assinalar os 20 anos da transferência de soberania do território de Macau e estabelecimento da Região Administrativa Especial da República Popular da China, a

Behind June 24: Remembering the Failed Dutch Invasion of Macau, 1622

José Luís de Sales Marques I guess many readers might have never thought of the story behind John the Baptist Day, least why and how its celebration every year on the 24th of June was for centuries a hallmark of Macau while it was under Portuguese rule. Three developments in the seventeenth century were pivotal to