Neutrality and collaboration in South China: Macau during the Second World War

Lopes, Helena F. S. 2023. Neutrality and collaboration in South China: Macau during the Second World War. Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 10.1017/9781009311786

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Abstract

The South China enclave of Macau was the first and last European colonial settlement in East Asia and a territory at the crossroads of different empires. In this highly original study, Helena F. S. Lopes analyses the layers of collaboration that developed from neutrality in Macau during the Second World War. Exploring the intersections of local, regional and global dynamics, she unpacks the connections between a plurality of actors with competing and collaborative interests, including Chinese Nationalists, Communists and collaborators with Japan, Portuguese colonial authorities and British and Japanese representatives. Lopes argues that neutrality eased the movement of refugees of different nationalities who sought shelter in Macau during the war and that it helped to guarantee the maintenance of two remnants of European colonialism – Macau and Hong Kong. Drawing on extensive research from multilingual archival material from Asia, Europe, Australasia and America, this book brings to light the multiple global connections framing the experiences of neutrality and collaboration in the Portuguese-administered enclave of Macau.

Item Type:	Book
Book Type:	Authored Book
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	History, Archaeology and Religion
Subjects:	D History General and Old World > D History (General) D History General and Old World > D History (General) > D731 World War II D History General and Old World > DS Asia
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
ISBN:	9781009311786
Last Modified:	21 Jun 2023 11:09
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/159073

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