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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
1 - Caught in the Middle
Macau between Chinese Resistance and Collaboration
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 addresses Macau’s place in China’s war with Japan from the early 1930s to 1941. Macau featured in Chinese resistance efforts from the start, but its relevance became more pronounced after 1937, especially after Guangdong province was engulfed in the conflict. The chapter argues that, due to its neutrality, Macau became an important meeting place for competing Chinese actors. Both those engaged in Chinese resistance – Nationalists, communists and others – and collaborators with Japan (before and after the consolidation of Wang Jingwei’s Reorganised National Government) used the enclave to circulate materials and propaganda, to mobilise others for their cause and to reach out to opponents.
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- Neutrality and Collaboration in South ChinaMacau during the Second World War, pp. 29 - 62Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023