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

An Overseas Chinese from Peru: Wong Ieng Kuan and Macau’s Public Libraries

Fong Hoi Hoi In the 1990s, Mr. Wong Ieng Kuan (黄營均) established in Macau the Wong Ieng Kuan Foundation with a donation of MOP 15 million. At a time of economic downturn that saw limited resources for education, the Foundation helped build five public libraries. These libraries stand in different corners of Macau: the Wong

Two Macanese Brothers & the Murder of Choy Ling in 1930s Shanghai

Catherine S. Chan & José Luís de Sales Marques On 4 August 1933, twenty-three year-old Macanese Patrício José dos Remédios killed his common-law wife, Choy Ling (also known as Mary Chun). He smothered her with a pillow and struck her with an icebreaker at their Shanghai home in 15 Kashing Road, Hongkew district. The next

Stories from the Life of Vicente Agostinho Sales, A Macanese ‘Frenchman’ in China*

José Luís de Sales Marques Known in some accounts as a ‘Frenchman’ in the Chinese treaty ports, Vicente Agostinho Sales (26/11/1831-10/6/1895) was born in Macau to a Portuguese family. He had an illustrious career with the French in Shanghai, Amoy, Canton, Hong Kong, and Singapore, first as a young student interpreter in 1853 for the

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

Moving Montanhas: The Macao Government’s Interest in Montanha in Historical Perspective

Nathan Kwan At the 12th International Infrastructure Investment and Construction Forum, the Chief Executive of the Macao Special Administrative Region (MSAR), Ho Iat Seng, announced ‘good news’ regarding imminent cooperation between Guangdong and Macao for the development of Hengqin. Journalists speculated that this news signaled the Chinese Central Government’s approval for Macao leasing a part