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- Neutrality and Collaboration in South China
- Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare
- Neutrality and Collaboration in South China
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Note on Chinese Names
- Abbreviations
- Introduction: An ‘East Asian Casablanca’
- 1 Caught in the Middle
- 2 Old Allies and New Friends
- 3 Crisis and Opportunity
- 4 The Last ‘Lone Island’
- 5 Colonial Transplantation
- 6 Seeking Justice and Recognition
- Epilogue
- Book part
- Glossary of Chinese Names
- Bibliography
- Index
4 - The Last ‘Lone Island’
Pressure, Profits and Philanthropy
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 June 2023
- Neutrality and Collaboration in South China
- Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare
- Neutrality and Collaboration in South China
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Note on Chinese Names
- Abbreviations
- Introduction: An ‘East Asian Casablanca’
- 1 Caught in the Middle
- 2 Old Allies and New Friends
- 3 Crisis and Opportunity
- 4 The Last ‘Lone Island’
- 5 Colonial Transplantation
- 6 Seeking Justice and Recognition
- Epilogue
- Book part
- Glossary of Chinese Names
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This chapter centres on Macau’s experience from the occupation of Hong Kong in December 1941 until the end of the war in September 1945, when the enclave became the last foreign-ruled territory in China to remain unoccupied by Japan. It argues that collaboration through compliance was a way of avoiding occupation. In this period, the practice of neutrality in Macau reached a peak of ambiguity. It was marked by the interplay of different forces and important new players competing for political legitimacy, economic control and social influence. These included Chiang Kai-shek’s government, Wang Jingwei’s Reorganised National Government, Portuguese colonial authorities, Japanese military forces and local elites.
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- Neutrality and Collaboration in South ChinaMacau during the Second World War, pp. 147 - 195Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023