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This wording probably made easier negotiations for
establishing diplomatic relations between Portugal and China which were finally concluded in 1979. So far
as is known the new wording did not result from any prior discussions with the Chinese but it was presumably designed to take account of the Chinese view of Macau.
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During the discussions which led up to the establishment of Sino/Portuguese, diplomatic relations, there was almost certainly some private agreement about
Macau. Its precise nature is unclear. According to
one version there was a confidential understanding that
Macau is Chinese territory under Portuguese administration,
to be handed back at some undefined point in future.
in an interview wit alternative version is that there was an exchange of
Reuters in March 1981, said that
statements with China saying that Macau is Chinese
China's sover the Portuguese saying that they respected this position. Portugal fed recogised territory under temporary Portuguese administration and
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Macau.
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There is no official Chinese representative in
Chinese influence is made felt either through
unofficial intermediaries, such as the millionaire Ho Yin,
or through the leading Chinese Communist Party member in
Macau, Ke Zhengping whose overt role is Manager of the
Nan Guang Trading Corporation.
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, some
of which were put forward directly by the Guangdong
authorities. Chinese domination of Macau has since receded,
largely as a result of a deliberate policy of self-denial
on the Chinese side. But the Macau Government still 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. In
1980 pressure from China, expressed at one point openly in
the Hong Kong communist press, contributed to the abandonment
of schemes for reform of the Legislative Assembly which
would have given a predominant voice to elected members.
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