Inter-imperial humanitarianism: the Macau delegation of the Portuguese Red Cross during the Second World War

Lopes, Helena F. S. 2018. Inter-imperial humanitarianism: the Macau delegation of the Portuguese Red Cross during the Second World War. Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History 46 (6) , pp. 1125-1147. 10.1080/03086534.2018.1452542

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Abstract

Focusing on the history of the wartime Macau Delegation of the Portuguese Red Cross (1943–46), this article aims to shed light on interactions between Macau and the occupied British colony of Hong Kong during the Second World War. It argues that the Macau Red Cross branch was a concrete example of Portuguese collaborative neutrality with the Allies, most particularly the British. In coordination with the International Committee of the Red Cross, this local branch played an important role in humanitarian assistance to many victims of the war, particularly refugees and POW dependants, in Hong Kong and Shanghai when British authorities were unable to negotiate an exchange with Japan or provide direct assistance in those occupied cities. The wartime Red Cross in Macau was a small-scale and temporary endeavour but, nevertheless, a multi-dimensional one: it was a local creation, a delegation integrated in a national and colonial context, an inter-imperial institution and part of a transnational organisation with global reach.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	History, Archaeology and Religion
Subjects:	D History General and Old World > D History (General) > D731 World War II D History General and Old World > DS Asia
ISSN:	1743-9329
Funders:	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (SFRH/ BD/93872/2013), Arts and Humanities Research Council (AH/K503198/1), St Antony’s College, University of Oxford
Related URLs:	Organisation
Last Modified:	20 Feb 2023 10:45
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/156873

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