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CONFIDENTIAL
DSR 11C
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Macau's relations with China
11. In line with the improved state of relations between
China and Hong Kong, Sino-Macau relations are good, and have
improved since the establishment of diplomatic relations
between China and Portugal in 1979.
12. Chinese influence over the Government of Macau reached
its height following Cultural Revolution-inspired riots in
1966 and the acceptance by the Governor of a series of
humiliating demands. Chinese domination of Macau has since
receded, largely as a result of a deliberate policy of
restraint on the Chinese side. But the Macau Government
takes care to consult Chinese unofficial representatives,
or sound them out indirectly, on important issues. China's
ability to influence events in Macau remains great. There
is no official Chinese representative in Macau, but contact
with Peking is maintained through intermediaries such as the millionaire He Xian (Ho Yin), who is a deputy (representing
Guangdong Province) to the Chinese National People's Congress;
and through the leading Chinese Communist Party member in
Macau, Ke Zhengping, whose overt role is Manager of the
Nankwang Trading Corporation.
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13. In 1980, the Governor, General Egidio, went to China,
the first official visit by a Governor of Macau for some
considerable time. He was received by Deng Xiaoping.
Governor of Guangdong Province, Xi Zhongxun, visited Macau
in June 1980. And in 1981, the present Governor, Rear
Admiral Almeida e Costa, visited Canton and Zhuhai, the
special economic zone China is developing adjacent to Macau.
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