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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
5 - Colonial Transplantation
Hong Kong in Macau
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 focuses on the experience of Hong Kong refugees in Macau. It addresses the role the British consulate in Macau played in refugee management and intelligence networks, explaining how the enclave was an important base and a connecting node for British operations. This chapter argues that Macau played an important supportive role to many in and from Hong Kong from late 1941 to the end of the war. It allowed for escapees to reach unoccupied China, for a great number of refugees to receive assistance, for intelligence to be gathered and for resistance activities to be coordinated. The chapter highlights the significant experience of colonial transplantation that allowed the British to keep a foothold in South China and facilitated the reoccupation of Hong Kong.
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- Neutrality and Collaboration in South ChinaMacau during the Second World War, pp. 196 - 235Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023