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	<title>Far East Currents</title>
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		<title>From our Global “Mail Bag”</title>
		<link>http://www.macstudies.net/2013/05/16/from-our-global-mail-bag/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 22:37:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[During the time that I have been contributing to the Far East Currents web site, I’ve receive a lot of e-mail and social media messages from all over the world. Recently, those messages indicated that many people are recording their experiences in different forms to create and distribute their work. Many messages include pictures, descriptive paragraphs, anecdotes, short essays, links, and even video. The following are a few examples from the “Mail Bag”. Our correspondents include a blogger, a journalist,]]></description>
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		<title>Turmoil &amp; Instability in Early Hong Kong</title>
		<link>http://www.macstudies.net/2013/05/14/turmoil-instability-in-early-hong-kong/</link>
		<comments>http://www.macstudies.net/2013/05/14/turmoil-instability-in-early-hong-kong/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 22:02:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[1840s Hong Kong]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Delfino Norohha]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is little written about the conditions in Hong Kong just after the end of the first Opium War. Life for Macanese workers and their families during this period has been described as “drab”, and outside of work, mostly separate from British, Chinese, and other European residents. Housing was often scarce and inadequate for large families, with illumination only from oil lamps. Outside in the streets, gangs of thieves ruled the night. There was also little entertainment, except for occasional]]></description>
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		<title>Through the Eyes of J.P. Braga</title>
		<link>http://www.macstudies.net/2013/05/09/through-the-eyes-of-j-p-braga/</link>
		<comments>http://www.macstudies.net/2013/05/09/through-the-eyes-of-j-p-braga/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 01:20:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a child growing up in 1870s Hong Kong, Joao Pedro Braga was probably familiar with the personal stories of many early Macanese settlers. Several were guests at one time or another at the home of his grandfather Delfino Noronha, a commercial printer and the publisher of the government’s official record, “The Hong Kong Government Gazette”.  Braga was also familiar with the impression their stories and the conditions in Hong Kong made on Delfino, an early pioneer himself. We might]]></description>
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		<title>Video: So Long, My Hong Kong</title>
		<link>http://www.macstudies.net/2013/04/19/video-so-long-my-hong-kong/</link>
		<comments>http://www.macstudies.net/2013/04/19/video-so-long-my-hong-kong/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 21:58:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hong Kong has prospered since the retrocession of 1997, which returned the island and the surrounding territories to China. In &#8220;So Long, My Hong Kong&#8221;, produced by Gregory Kane, we see images of Hong Kong as the 21st Century &#8220;Gateway to China&#8221;. Click the image to watch the video.   &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>Braga-The Rights of Aliens in Hong Kong</title>
		<link>http://www.macstudies.net/2013/04/13/braga-the-rights-of-aliens-in-hong-kong/</link>
		<comments>http://www.macstudies.net/2013/04/13/braga-the-rights-of-aliens-in-hong-kong/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Apr 2013 01:24:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Joao Pedro Braga]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Author’s Note: This is the second article on J.P. Braga. It includes more information about his life and a short review of his first book. My intention is to provide a perspective on a young Macanese man who in 1895 questioned long held notions of class and race in colonial Hong Kong. The timeliness of this pamphlet coincides with the growing influence of the Portuguese-Macanese community at the turn of the 20th century, just as Hong Kong was beginning it’s]]></description>
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		<title>J.P.Braga &amp; the Portuguese in Hong Kong</title>
		<link>http://www.macstudies.net/2013/04/09/j-p-braga-the-portuguese-in-hong-kong/</link>
		<comments>http://www.macstudies.net/2013/04/09/j-p-braga-the-portuguese-in-hong-kong/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 21:50:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Author’s Note: This short article re-introduces one of the earliest advocates of Portuguese rights in 19th century Hong Kong, Joao Pedro Braga. It precedes an analysis of Braga’s first book, &#8220;The Rights of Aliens in Hongkong&#8221;, a critique of racially inflammatory letters in the English press questioning the hiring of Macanese workers in the civil service. The ensuing narrative before and after the appearance of Braga’s book addressed long held attitudes toward ethnic communities that continued through the end of]]></description>
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		<title>A Visual History of Early Hong Kong</title>
		<link>http://www.macstudies.net/2013/03/14/a-visual-history-of-early-hong-kong/</link>
		<comments>http://www.macstudies.net/2013/03/14/a-visual-history-of-early-hong-kong/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 03:45:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MIT&#8217;s Visualizing Cultures project features a section on the settlement of Hong Kong. Here&#8217;s a short visual history of the British colony, part of the &#8221;Rise and Fall of the Canton Trading System&#8220;. The following are excerpts from the site. Hong Kong Hong Kong held 3,000 Chinese scattered in small fishing villages until the mid 19th century. The city itself is a small island in the mouth of the Pearl River, 76 miles southeast of Canton. Its waterfall at Aberdeen had initially attracted]]></description>
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		<title>Colonial Life in 17th Century Macau</title>
		<link>http://www.macstudies.net/2013/03/12/colonial-life-in-17th-century-macau/</link>
		<comments>http://www.macstudies.net/2013/03/12/colonial-life-in-17th-century-macau/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 21:47:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Captain-General Domingos da Camara de Noronha]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Captain-Major Antonio de Oliveira Aranha]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[colonial life in 17th century Macau]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Japanese folding screens called “Beeombos”]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; On an October evening in 1637, a young mercantile agent named Peter Mundy, accompanied by officers from the British ship “Squire Courteen”, landed on the strand just off the Praia Grande in Macau to attend a dinner at government house.[1] The ship was one of the largest in the East India Company’s fleet, and part of a squadron of four vessels under the command of Captain John Weddell. The dinner was to be one of many attempts to convince]]></description>
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		<title>Women &amp; Men in Early Macanese Society</title>
		<link>http://www.macstudies.net/2013/03/07/women-and-men-in-early-macanese-society/</link>
		<comments>http://www.macstudies.net/2013/03/07/women-and-men-in-early-macanese-society/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2013 00:24:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Any historian who attempts to search for Macanese origins inevitably uncovers scattered references, both within and outside the community, to inter-racial marriage. Some facts are fairly certain. The descendants of the people who we identify as Macanese were originally from Portugal, and by the sixteenth century increased in number with the expansion of the Portuguese trading empire in India and Southeast Asia. It is also evident that this population grew as the result of unions between low ranking Portuguese noblemen]]></description>
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		<title>Canton: Trading Center of Old China</title>
		<link>http://www.macstudies.net/2013/02/22/canton-trading-center-of-old-china/</link>
		<comments>http://www.macstudies.net/2013/02/22/canton-trading-center-of-old-china/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Feb 2013 00:10:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following are images and excerpts are from &#8220;Rise and Fall of the Canton Trading System&#8220;, created by MIT&#8217;s Visualizing Cultures project. The site provides information about trade in Canton before Hong Kong was ceded to the British in 1841 under the Treaty of Nanking. Click on each image to enlarge. &#160; The trading system devised for commercial exchanges with the West lasted from 1700 to 1842 on China’s south and was called the “Canton System”. It was based in]]></description>
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		<title>All About Shanghai: 1934</title>
		<link>http://www.macstudies.net/2013/02/21/all-about-shanghai-1934/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 22:09:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gilbert Wells (Portugal) recently submitted the following excerpt from an old Shanghai guidebook produced in 1934 called “All About Shanghai”. The book was published by the University Press, a small publishing and printing house (unaffiliated with any university) and operated by an Englishman and an American (both unknown). The firm went out of business in 1937. Gilbert writes: “The copy I have is the second impression of 1986 (originally published in 1983 by the Oxford University Press with an Introduction)]]></description>
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		<title>Hong Kong:  Past Imperfect</title>
		<link>http://www.macstudies.net/2013/02/20/hong-kong-today-past-imperfect/</link>
		<comments>http://www.macstudies.net/2013/02/20/hong-kong-today-past-imperfect/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 21:59:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As in its colonial past, Hong Kong continues to serve as a “gateway” to China’s vast trading markets, but in more sophisticated and multifaceted ways. Hong Kong currently enjoys the world’s 11th largest trading economy, leading India, Shanghai, and Singapore.[1] In 2010, 92% of China’s foreign trade, about $300 billion US, flowed through Hong Kong. The former colony’s businesses also accounted for 60% of foreign investment on the mainland.[2]  Considered by many economists as Asia’s “Central Business District”, Hong Kong is]]></description>
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		<title>More Stories: 1918 Race Course Fire</title>
		<link>http://www.macstudies.net/2013/01/22/more-stories-1918-race-course-fire/</link>
		<comments>http://www.macstudies.net/2013/01/22/more-stories-1918-race-course-fire/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2013 23:46:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are some more stories we received after posting the revised article on the Happy Valley Race Course fire of 1918. All were told by grandparents who remember the effects the fire had on people they knew. &#8230;&#8230;.. &#160; A Grandmother’s Account, Anne Ozorio, London Club de Recreio Facebook Comment, January 2013, My grandmother was in that matshed. She said the other ladies were too ladylike to run and their skirts and boots stopped them [from] getting away fast enough.]]></description>
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		<title>Death at the Races: The True Story of the 1918 Happy Valley Fire</title>
		<link>http://www.macstudies.net/2013/01/14/fire-at-the-races-the-true-story-of-the-1918-fire-at-happy-valley-race-course/</link>
		<comments>http://www.macstudies.net/2013/01/14/fire-at-the-races-the-true-story-of-the-1918-fire-at-happy-valley-race-course/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 00:31:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New information has been discovered that illuminates the root causes of the infamous fire at the Happy Valley Race Course in 1918. The new material details the conditions that contributed to the tragedy, as well as the names of Macanese and Chinese owners of the temporary stands that collapsed, some of whom perished. This article also includes revelations from the relatives of victims and survivors of the fire who contacted me since the first draft appeared. I thank them for their]]></description>
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		<title>Far East Currents &amp; Virtual Restoration</title>
		<link>http://www.macstudies.net/2013/01/09/far-east-currents-virtual-restoration/</link>
		<comments>http://www.macstudies.net/2013/01/09/far-east-currents-virtual-restoration/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2013 02:19:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[About a year ago ( January 12, 2012), I launched a project called “Far East Currents”, sponsored by the University of California, Berkeley and other institutional partners, to document the history and diaspora of Portuguese-Macanese immigrants from Asia. This is a topic that has been overlooked by the academic community and many in the general public because most are simply unaware of our history. &#160; Recovering the History of a Lost Culture The reason is that most universities in the United]]></description>
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		<title>Sean Olson: Race Course descendent</title>
		<link>http://www.macstudies.net/2012/12/11/websites/</link>
		<comments>http://www.macstudies.net/2012/12/11/websites/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 17:06:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was recently contacted by Sean Olson, a descendent of John Olson II, a partner in the &#8220;Unity Stand&#8221; (matsheds No. 4, 5, and 6), which burned down in the Happy Valley Race Course fire on February 26, 1918.  Here&#8217;s his submission: &#8220;Visitors to this great site might be interested in two other sites which deal with my family in Hong Kong during the middle to19th Century to the early 20th. They are: http://www.amanfromkarlshamn.com/Home.html and http://www.thehongkonglegacy.com/ . I would be happy to hear]]></description>
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		<title>Shanghai Eurasians &#8211; by Jonathan</title>
		<link>http://www.macstudies.net/2012/11/30/shanghai-eurasians-by-jonathan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.macstudies.net/2012/11/30/shanghai-eurasians-by-jonathan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Dec 2012 01:02:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My grandma &#8216;Rose&#8217; was born in Shanghai to Eurasian parents (Anglo types) in the early 20th century. They lived in the French Settlement. She was a religious woman who said her daily prayers. She spoke good English and was fluent in Shanghainese. On the other hand, her written knowledge of Chinese was elementary at best. &#160; The food she cooked was quite interesting. Lots of stews and casseroles. Food products commonly found in parts of the British Empire would always be]]></description>
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		<title>Alvares and Barretto (Part II)</title>
		<link>http://www.macstudies.net/2012/11/28/alvares-and-barretto-part-ii/</link>
		<comments>http://www.macstudies.net/2012/11/28/alvares-and-barretto-part-ii/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 20:02:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In contrast to the commercial prowess of the Barretto family, the descendents of Antonio Rafael Alvares followed a less glamorous path. Alvares sons initially concentrated on public service, some using the military as a means to wealth and social status. Others followed their fathers into the army, but later entered the priesthood, a few achieving a degree of notoriety. In later generations, however, many entered medicine as doctors, medical school teachers, researchers, and epidemiologists, following this career path through the 19th]]></description>
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		<title>Alvares and Barretto: A Tale of Two Families (Part I)</title>
		<link>http://www.macstudies.net/2012/11/13/alvares-and-barretto-a-tale-of-two-families-part-i/</link>
		<comments>http://www.macstudies.net/2012/11/13/alvares-and-barretto-a-tale-of-two-families-part-i/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 00:53:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The history of Macau has always been linked to the history of Portugal. Written accounts by C.R. Boxer, Austin Coates, Frank Welsh, and others provide a wealth of information that helps us to understand the traditional ties between the former colony and its European center. Much less is known about the Macanese, however, a relatively new people and culture that grew as a result of this colonial relationship. The study of Macanese culture has not been a priority of historical]]></description>
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		<title>Links: Oregon, London, San Francisco</title>
		<link>http://www.macstudies.net/2012/10/24/links-oregon-london-san-francisco-3/</link>
		<comments>http://www.macstudies.net/2012/10/24/links-oregon-london-san-francisco-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2012 21:22:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Three recent submissions to Far East Currents are all unique, and in some cases, personal to my own experience. Up first, Gerri Bo-Ling Lam Behan writes about her grandfather who lost a 21 year old wife and left a young child motherless, Gerri’s mother, in the 1918 fire at Happy Valley Race Course in Hong Kong.  The second story is extracted from a chapter of Yolanda Christian’s novel, Eye of the Artist, about her grandaunt, Cheeki dos Remedios. Cheeki was]]></description>
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		<title>2012 Macanese Survey Results</title>
		<link>http://www.macstudies.net/2012/10/15/2012-portuguese-macanese-survey-results/</link>
		<comments>http://www.macstudies.net/2012/10/15/2012-portuguese-macanese-survey-results/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2012 01:21:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Several months ago I began a project in partnership with U.C. Berkeley and other institutions to document the history and diaspora of Portuguese-Macanese immigrants from Asia. I started modestly by collecting the oral and written memories of members living in the United States, Canada, Brazil, Australia, and Macau, the most active regions. Despite these exchanges, there was one glaring omission. There is little information about the character of the Macanese community in the 21th century. The questions that cropped up most]]></description>
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		<title>Connections: USA, Hong Kong, Australia</title>
		<link>http://www.macstudies.net/2012/09/27/connections-usa-hong-kong-australia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.macstudies.net/2012/09/27/connections-usa-hong-kong-australia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2012 01:07:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; This week we’re featuring three submissions from members of the Macanese community in the United States, Hong Kong, and Australia. If you are familiar with their families, or would like to make a connection, please contact them by leaving a comment below. If you have memories you would like to share about growing up in a Macanese family, please submit it through the “Submit Memories” page. &#160; Submitted by: Shelia Ebaugh United States I was born and raised in]]></description>
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		<title>Survey Snap Shot &#8211; Early Results</title>
		<link>http://www.macstudies.net/2012/09/13/survey-snap-shot-early-results/</link>
		<comments>http://www.macstudies.net/2012/09/13/survey-snap-shot-early-results/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2012 21:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As promised, here’s a snap shot of Macanese communities around the world, based on the first one hundred (100) responses to the Portuguese-Macanese Population Survey. (Final results will be posted by October 15th.)  As of today, we’ve received 143, and we’re hoping to collect over 200 by the end of September. Here’s the link in case you still need it:  https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ZJGRJ6D.     Who We Are 51% of the respondents were aged 35 to 64. 41% were over 65. 75% identified]]></description>
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		<title>Flynn Family in Macau- by Derek Bailey</title>
		<link>http://www.macstudies.net/2012/09/09/flynn-family-in-macau-by-derek-bailey/</link>
		<comments>http://www.macstudies.net/2012/09/09/flynn-family-in-macau-by-derek-bailey/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Sep 2012 23:27:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My mother&#8217;s family lived in Macau in the 1940&#8242;s. My grandfather worked for China Maritime Customs, an ex-Royal Navy man. He was posted to many different Ports, including Hainan, Macau, Hong Kong (where my mother was born in 1932) and Shanghai. Many years ago, I was talking to a gentleman who ran a restaurant on the beach on Taipa. His name is/was Jesus. We swapped stories and he suddenly went quiet and said &#8220;Your Grandparents knew my Grandparents&#8230;&#8230;in fact, your]]></description>
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		<title>The Portuguese-Macanese Survey</title>
		<link>http://www.macstudies.net/2012/08/28/the-portuguese-macanese-population-survey/</link>
		<comments>http://www.macstudies.net/2012/08/28/the-portuguese-macanese-population-survey/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2012 02:05:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some may have seen the on-line survey that I recently sent out attempting to estimate the number of Portuguese-Macanese around the world. For those who have not seen it, here&#8217;s the link: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ZJGRJ6D. In this article, I want to provide a little background, including my reasons for creating it, the methods I’m using, and what I hope to accomplish.  Getting a Fix on the Macanese Population in 2012 The Portuguese-Macanese Population Survey is a short 10 question instrument, and the first attempt]]></description>
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		<title>The Roots of Macanese Identity*</title>
		<link>http://www.macstudies.net/2012/08/01/the-roots-of-macanese-identity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.macstudies.net/2012/08/01/the-roots-of-macanese-identity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2012 22:15:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many Macanese in ex-patriot communities around the world wonder about their ethnic origins, and several are now actively researching their family histories. Often these searches involve only investigations into genealogy, and rarely explore the roots of identity and the relationship to Macanese history. One reason may be that this history is still being reconstructed after many years of neglect. But the significance of genealogy can be lost without understanding how Macanese identity developed in the first place. Its roots run]]></description>
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		<title>The Portuguese in Hong Kong</title>
		<link>http://www.macstudies.net/2012/07/15/back-story-the-portuguese-in-hong-kong/</link>
		<comments>http://www.macstudies.net/2012/07/15/back-story-the-portuguese-in-hong-kong/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jul 2012 22:03:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alfred Manton]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[  &#160; &#160; Ever wonder how the Portuguese in Hong Kong lived, and why some decided to leave ?  Below are some short essays, most with historical photos, that provide a good foundation. To learn more, sign up for the free newsletter and send in your membership to UMA.       &#160; &#160;   &#160; &#160; Portuguese Community Life in Hong Kong: 1841 &#8211; 1941  Accepted Protocols in Hong Kong Society The Origins of Portuguese &#8211; Macanese Business in Hong Kong  The Happy Valley Race Course Fire of]]></description>
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		<title>Panic on Whitfield Road &#8211; Diaspora</title>
		<link>http://www.macstudies.net/2012/07/07/panic-on-whitfield-road/</link>
		<comments>http://www.macstudies.net/2012/07/07/panic-on-whitfield-road/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jul 2012 00:29:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was always a confusing memory. I recall seeing it unfold from two vantage points: one from the ground, the other from above. I was only able to make sense of it years later after researching the facts and placing them in context. I remember walking with someone on the street during the day. My mother later told me it was routine for my amah, Ah Lin, to take me with her before lunch to the market or a local park.]]></description>
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		<title>Refugees in the Italian Convent &#8211; Part II</title>
		<link>http://www.macstudies.net/2012/06/22/evacuation-to-hong-kong-part-ii/</link>
		<comments>http://www.macstudies.net/2012/06/22/evacuation-to-hong-kong-part-ii/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2012 19:08:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ (submitted by Ric Silva)       (The date is December 9th, 1941. The Japanese invasion of Hong Kong has begun the day before. Ric and his school mates have left school and gone home after the initial attack on Kowloon.  His story continues … )   Read Part I here. The Evacuation to Hong Kong. The next day, word came along that the dependants of those in the Armed Forces as well as any others who so wished would be evacuated to the]]></description>
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		<title>A School Boy’s Memories of War &#8211; Part I</title>
		<link>http://www.macstudies.net/2012/06/15/part-i-a-boys-memory-of-war/</link>
		<comments>http://www.macstudies.net/2012/06/15/part-i-a-boys-memory-of-war/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2012 22:23:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Attack on Kowloon  (Submitted by Ric Silva)   December 8th 1941 was a typically cool dry winter day: the kind of day that makes up for the heat and humidity of summer and represented the best of the local weather. On such a day, one could see from the Star Ferry terminal on Kowloon across the blue green water of the harbor, the spectacular view of Hong Kong island with the Peak as background and beneath it the grey-white monolith]]></description>
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		<title>The Trial of Jesuina Xavier</title>
		<link>http://www.macstudies.net/2012/06/14/the-trial-of-jesuina-xavier/</link>
		<comments>http://www.macstudies.net/2012/06/14/the-trial-of-jesuina-xavier/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2012 00:59:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Even as Alfred Manton recovered from his wounds, his accused assailant, Jesuina Xavier, remained in prison until her trial on February 24, 1931. But because it was considered a crime of passion, the initial charge of attempted murder was reduced to “wounding with malicious intent to harm or disable”. The new charge, however, still carried a life sentence. (For a summary, go to the previous article.) The trial led to some important revelations that determined how the defense would proceed.]]></description>
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		<title>The Scandal of Jesuina Xavier</title>
		<link>http://www.macstudies.net/2012/06/09/the-scandal-of-jesuina-xavier/</link>
		<comments>http://www.macstudies.net/2012/06/09/the-scandal-of-jesuina-xavier/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jun 2012 22:22:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the political situation in Asia deteriorated during the 1930’s, inside Hong Kong some of the most popular stories in the daily press involved crime and punishment. While most reported the prosecution of Chinese, every so often cases involving Portuguese seemed to capture the collective imagination, particularly when it included race, sex, and violence. Perhaps it was because such cases provided a badly needed diversion, or that this particular crime was so unexpected. The prevailing assumption was that most Portuguese]]></description>
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		<title>Murder Most Foul, Videos, and an Update</title>
		<link>http://www.macstudies.net/2012/06/01/murder-videos-and-an-update/</link>
		<comments>http://www.macstudies.net/2012/06/01/murder-videos-and-an-update/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2012 21:11:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[  &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; This week we begin with a submission from Frederic (Jim) Silva called “Murder Most Foul” in the Macanese community, then two entertaining videos, and a quick update on my research. Enjoy ! Jim Silva – May 18, 2012 Dear Roy, You may be interested in knowing that we Macanese have (had) murders committed within the community. The first one, very old &#8211; in fact &#8211; the murderer was hung in HK]]></description>
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		<title>An Interview with Guido Sequeira</title>
		<link>http://www.macstudies.net/2012/05/24/interview-guido-sequeira/</link>
		<comments>http://www.macstudies.net/2012/05/24/interview-guido-sequeira/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 19:16:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An Interview with Guido Sequeira discussing his childhood experiences in Kowloon and Hong Kong at the beginning of World War II.  See other interviews HERE &#8230; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>Games &#8211; by Ric Silva (Hawaii)</title>
		<link>http://www.macstudies.net/2012/05/09/games-by-ric-silva-hawaii/</link>
		<comments>http://www.macstudies.net/2012/05/09/games-by-ric-silva-hawaii/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 19:28:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Before December 8, 1941 (and the invasion of Hong Kong by the Japanese Empire) the residents of Salisbury Avenue located in the area known as Tsim Sha Tsui and those on parallel adjacent streets, Cameron and Granville Roads, interacted amicably with each other, and the children played together in the hard packed sand (dirt) road between the two rows of dwellings. The sand on Salisbury Avenue was reasonably clean, unsoiled by any kind of vehicular traffic other than rickshaws]]></description>
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		<title>Accepted Protocols in Old Hong Kong</title>
		<link>http://www.macstudies.net/2012/05/01/accepted-protocols-in-hong-kong-society/</link>
		<comments>http://www.macstudies.net/2012/05/01/accepted-protocols-in-hong-kong-society/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 22:27:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Watch the Video then Read the Article Below:    Revised 5-9-12 &#8230; Why did the Portuguese in Hong Kong “keep to themselves” and “know their place” in society? Why did most only work as bookkeepers and clerks? These questions may seem different, but in reality they are closely related. We know from the historical record that the Portuguese community in Hong Kong was closed and insular. That is, beginning in the 1870’s, there were specific areas in which most Macanese lived,]]></description>
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		<title>Macanese &#8211; Only Clerks ?</title>
		<link>http://www.macstudies.net/2012/04/23/were-the-macanese-only-bookkeepers-and-clerks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.macstudies.net/2012/04/23/were-the-macanese-only-bookkeepers-and-clerks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 23:14:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; Some interesting questions have come up during my research that may sound familiar: Did Portuguese from Macau always work as low level bookkeepers and clerks in Hong Kong? Were these their only roles in the economic and social life of the British colony? Why are these questions important?  It may be a matter of humility or simply not knowing the complete story. But no matter how many Macanese I’ve interviewed,]]></description>
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		<title>Epitaph: An Emotional Journey Ends &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.macstudies.net/2012/04/13/race-course-epitaph-an-emotional-journey-ends/</link>
		<comments>http://www.macstudies.net/2012/04/13/race-course-epitaph-an-emotional-journey-ends/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 22:33:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; Researching historical events is supposed to be an “objective” activity. The investigator is assumed to exercise a degree of detachment as he or she sifts through the evidence to reveal empirical “facts”, while paying less attention to anecdotes, rumors, and hearsay that cannot be confirmed. But sometimes it doesn’t work out that way. The reason is that history is rarely so clinical or easy to find. History involves]]></description>
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		<title>Part II &#8211; The 1918 Race Course Fire</title>
		<link>http://www.macstudies.net/2012/04/07/part-ii-1918-race-course-fire/</link>
		<comments>http://www.macstudies.net/2012/04/07/part-ii-1918-race-course-fire/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Apr 2012 21:21:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160;         Derby Day 1918 &#8230; On Tuesday February 26th, Carlos d&#8217;Assumpção took the Star Ferry from Kowloon to meet his good friend Aureliano Jorge for lunch at Wiseman’s restaurant in downtown Hong Kong. Aureliano was a well-to-do member of a prominent merchant family and the father of thirteen children, with another due in April. Carlos was a distinguished Macanese diplomat and the father of eleven children. Carlos and Aureliano shared a love]]></description>
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		<title>Part I &#8211; Fire at Happy Valley (Video)</title>
		<link>http://www.macstudies.net/2012/03/31/the-1918-fire-at-happy-valley/</link>
		<comments>http://www.macstudies.net/2012/03/31/the-1918-fire-at-happy-valley/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Mar 2012 22:50:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Part I – The Prelude &#8230; &#160; The late winter of February 1918 in Hong Kong was unusually dry and heavy with anticipation. The war in Europe was in its final months, and the effect on trade in Asia, the control of which was now shifting to the Americans and Japanese, was a cause for concern. Among superstitious Chinese and Europeans, two small earthquakes in February and an outbreak of meningitis, leading to over 900 deaths, were ominous signs]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Video Update + New Article</title>
		<link>http://www.macstudies.net/2012/03/23/friday-video-update-new-article/</link>
		<comments>http://www.macstudies.net/2012/03/23/friday-video-update-new-article/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2012 01:15:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An Immigrant’s View &#8230;  An immigrant looks at the world a little differently than others. We can see this by comparing the leading presidential candidates. For example, Obama, the son of a Kenyan father, has advocated government assistance to create jobs, pushed corporate reforms, and expanded women’s healthcare, what some call “big tent” policies. Romney, Santorum, and Gingrich, each a descendent of second or third generation immigrants, advocate “small tent” policies: little government aid for jobs, a reliance on markets to]]></description>
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		<title>Historic pictures from the Far East &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.macstudies.net/2012/03/19/705/</link>
		<comments>http://www.macstudies.net/2012/03/19/705/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 00:21:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Please mouse-over each image for the caption. &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>New Tools for Sharing Our Stories</title>
		<link>http://www.macstudies.net/2012/03/17/new-tools-for-sharing-our-stories/</link>
		<comments>http://www.macstudies.net/2012/03/17/new-tools-for-sharing-our-stories/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Mar 2012 07:55:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; &#160; Social media and smartphones may be just the tools the Macanese community needs to move to the next stage: sharing our history with the world. But in order to get there, we need to understand where our journey has led, and what steps we must take to continue our progress. A Personal Journey &#8230; Like many who were born after World War II, it has been only a few years since I understood how wonderfully diverse my]]></description>
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		<title>Ward’s Tomb and the Last Post</title>
		<link>http://www.macstudies.net/2012/03/12/wards-tomb-and-the-last-post/</link>
		<comments>http://www.macstudies.net/2012/03/12/wards-tomb-and-the-last-post/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 02:54:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Part 2 submitted by Gilbert Wells) &#8230; After the end of World War II, the American Legion’s China Post 1 was renamed the General Frederick Townsend Ward Post and reactivated under former General Claire Chennault. The war years had taken their toll on Ward&#8217;s Tomb and it had fallen into disrepair. The Post decided to make the necessary repairs/restoration.  The repairs were paid for by General Chennault out of his personal funds. Upon completion of the work, a formal re-dedication]]></description>
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		<title>The Origins of Macanese Business</title>
		<link>http://www.macstudies.net/2012/03/09/the-origins-of-macanese-business/</link>
		<comments>http://www.macstudies.net/2012/03/09/the-origins-of-macanese-business/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 23:55:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ While Macau’s history as a Portuguese colony in the Far East is well known, less is known about the origins of Macanese business and the transfer of skills to Hong Kong. Besides trading in gold, silver, opium, and spices, the Macanese were also well regarded as printers due to the efforts of a Jesuit named Joaquim Affonco Goncalves. Father Goncalves taught at St. Joseph’s Seminary in Macau from 1813 to 1841. After acquiring the colony’s first printing press from the]]></description>
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		<title>The Tomb of General Frederick Ward</title>
		<link>http://www.macstudies.net/2012/03/05/the-tomb-of-gen-fredrick-ward-in-china/</link>
		<comments>http://www.macstudies.net/2012/03/05/the-tomb-of-gen-fredrick-ward-in-china/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 03:59:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; (Part 1 Submitted by Gilbert Wells) &#8230; Relatively little is known about General Frederick Townsend Ward, an American adventurer and military officer who fought in China during the Taiping Rebellion. Yet Ward’s exploits and legend could have been the model for Tom Cruise’s character in the movie “The Last Samurai”, but in China (instead of Japan) during a more turbulent period in history. The reason for Ward’s anonymity may be because while he was fighting against the Taipings in the 1860&#8242;s,]]></description>
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		<title>The Ironies of Faith, Identity and Politics</title>
		<link>http://www.macstudies.net/2012/03/02/the-ironies-of-faith-identity-and-politics/</link>
		<comments>http://www.macstudies.net/2012/03/02/the-ironies-of-faith-identity-and-politics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Mar 2012 04:05:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; I have three relatives who were born in Hong Kong and immigrated to the United States in the 1970’s. To look at each of them, you would see both Portuguese and Asian influences in their features. In the last few years, however, I’ve noticed that each of them have begun advocating some very conservative opinions about religion, immigrants, and American politics that I find to be ironic given their family history. For example,]]></description>
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		<title>The Regiment (Part 3) &#8211; Reggie Pires</title>
		<link>http://www.macstudies.net/2012/02/27/the-portuguese-regiment-part-iii-by-reggie-pires/</link>
		<comments>http://www.macstudies.net/2012/02/27/the-portuguese-regiment-part-iii-by-reggie-pires/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 20:55:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; Life in the Hong Kong Volunteers regiment could be routine and somewhat zany. Once a year we would go to camp for two weeks. We slept on cots in tents pitched on a hill. We would assemble on the road below the hills for assembly and march up to the mess for meals. During the days we would head out to play soldier and learn how to defend the colony]]></description>
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		<title>Change: The Immigrants&#8217; Song (Video)</title>
		<link>http://www.macstudies.net/2012/02/24/change-the-immigrants-song-video/</link>
		<comments>http://www.macstudies.net/2012/02/24/change-the-immigrants-song-video/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Feb 2012 03:43:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Change: The Immigrants’ Song &#8230; Change is a recurring theme for many immigrants around the world. Sometimes change is most jarring when our memories of where we were born, or where our ancestors lived for hundreds of years, no longer fits with reality. This could be said about many immigrant experiences, but it seems to be especially true in the case of Macanese from Hong Kong, Macau, and Shanghai who live in countries around the Pacific Rim. The richness of]]></description>
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		<title>HKVDC Tales (Part 2) &#8211; Reggie Pires</title>
		<link>http://www.macstudies.net/2012/02/20/tales-from-12-platoon-part-2-by-reggie-pires/</link>
		<comments>http://www.macstudies.net/2012/02/20/tales-from-12-platoon-part-2-by-reggie-pires/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 02:46:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160;     &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; Just after the war, while we were in the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corp., we were leading a patrol (during a war game) when the “enemy” opened fire.  We did everything as we were trained to do.  We spotted the location of the sniper, called for the Lieutenant and reported it to him.  He checked with the Company Commander and told the Corporal, Nuno Xavier, to make a section attack. ]]></description>
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		<title>Connecting the Dots</title>
		<link>http://www.macstudies.net/2012/02/17/connecting-the-dots/</link>
		<comments>http://www.macstudies.net/2012/02/17/connecting-the-dots/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 22:42:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; This week I’ve been thinking about connections between people, cultures, and countries. Making those links, or as some have said, “connecting the dots”, is an activity I’ve been involved in for a number of years.   As a researcher I look for patterns in data or information, in associations, or simply in links to things that to most eyes have no real connection. On closer scrutiny, however, these associations are tied together through]]></description>
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		<title>Life after the War (Part 1) &#8211; Reggie Pires</title>
		<link>http://www.macstudies.net/2012/02/13/life-after-the-war-reggie-pires/</link>
		<comments>http://www.macstudies.net/2012/02/13/life-after-the-war-reggie-pires/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 23:30:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[              In this first essay, Reggie Pires describes his experiences after World War II in Hong Kong with his group of friends, who went on to serve with the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps. (This version was edited for length.) Recreation &#8230; When the war ended, we returned to Hong Kong. My dad (Humberto Pires) chose to return to Happy Valley where we lived prior to the war.  Nuno Xavier&#8217;s family went to North Point.  We]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Update (Video)</title>
		<link>http://www.macstudies.net/2012/02/10/friday-update-video/</link>
		<comments>http://www.macstudies.net/2012/02/10/friday-update-video/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 01:28:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[War  Souvenirs &#8230;.  In the fall of 1943, Basilio (Lilo) Xavier, his older cousin Nuno, and other classmates at St. Luis Gonzaga College sat in a classroom on a steamy morning listening to one of Father Henry O’Brien’s lectures. Because of a shortage of space and teachers, the class was made up of Macanese boys from 14 to 16 years in age. On this particular day, several of the boys cast their eyes on the sea of humanity that passed]]></description>
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		<title>10 Things About WW II Macau (Update)</title>
		<link>http://www.macstudies.net/2012/02/06/10-things-about-ww-ii-macau/</link>
		<comments>http://www.macstudies.net/2012/02/06/10-things-about-ww-ii-macau/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:30:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[10 Things About W.W. II Macau &#8230; In researching the historical context for my next article on Portuguese refugees in war-time Macau, I’ve learned that the colony was much more than a destination for Macanese in 1942. Macau quickly became known for intrigue, greed, corruption, and death as the Japanese army began tightening its grip on East Asia. Among the most notable items: 1) Anti-Japanese sentiment were already growing in the 1930’s when a group of journalists, artists, and writers]]></description>
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		<title>New Friday Post (Video)</title>
		<link>http://www.macstudies.net/2012/02/03/new-friday-post-video/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:50:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Read the finer points below&#8230; &#160;    An interview with Joy (Castro-de Aquino) Xavier &#160; Our next video interview might seem a little self-serving, because she’s my mom, but Joy Xavier has a terrific memory and so many stories about growing up in Shanghai, Hong Kong and Macau that I had to include her. So, with your indulgence, I’ve added a short segment of our interview this past year. Writers-Artists Links Back to the present: If you haven’t visited the Writers]]></description>
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		<title>Evelina Marques d&#8217;Oliveira</title>
		<link>http://www.macstudies.net/2012/01/31/evelina-marques-doliveira-by-brian-edgar/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:33:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Submitted by: Brian Edgar &#8230; My mother Evelina Marques d&#8217;Oliveira was born in Macao in 1913. Her mother died of TB when Evelina was three. Her father, Antonio, a tea merchant, moved to Fuzhou (then Fuchow) in southern China. He eventually remarried and sent Evelina to live with her grandmother. She was also sent back to Macao to attend boarding school. Her closest friends while growing up were the three Leitao sisters &#8211; Marie, Laura and Clementina. Evelina moved to Hong]]></description>
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		<title>Visiting the Old China Hands Archive</title>
		<link>http://www.macstudies.net/2012/01/30/477/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to the Monday post…   &#160; &#160; &#160; I spent the day at the Old China Hands Archive at Cal State Northridge, the home of the Forjaz collection (Macanese family information and photos). There’s a wealth of information here. In the process of learning what is available, I discovered notes, manuscripts, correspondence, and photos that provide a glimpse of the Portuguese and Macanese community from the earliest days. For example, I came across an old picture of the Club]]></description>
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		<title>Video Update &#8211; Submit Your Memories</title>
		<link>http://www.macstudies.net/2012/01/27/467/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 04:06:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[  There&#8217;s more&#8230; &#160;   Click the image to watch the video &#8230; &#160; I added a segment of a taped interview with Reggie Pires: an eyewitness to the bombing of Hong Kong in December 1941. Reggie is an interesting person. He was not only trained as a telegrapher, but also was a code taker for the exiled British government as a young refugee in Macau. I’m sure you’ll enjoy watching his interview. I’m also following up on an obscure]]></description>
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		<title>Japan&#8217;s Hidden Christians (Portugal)</title>
		<link>http://www.macstudies.net/2012/01/24/japans-hidden-christians/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:22:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[  JAPAN&#8217;s HIDDEN CHRISTIANS  Gilbert Wells, Azenhas do Mar, Portugal     As a result of the Sendai earthquake and tsunami I started thinking about my experiences as a chaplain assistant with the 11th Airborne Division in Japan from December 1945 to September 1946.   The present Sendai airfield shown on TV is probably where we had our jump school.   Back in the summer of 1946 I made a jump there to retain my jump status. The area was]]></description>
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		<title>Forjaz,  Jim Silva&#8217;s Video,  Map Added</title>
		<link>http://www.macstudies.net/2012/01/23/forjaz-jim-silvas-video-map-added/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:55:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Old China Hands Archive (Forjaz Collection) Added as New Partner &#160; &#160; We’ve recently added a new partner (see “Start Here”):  The Old China Hands Archive at California State University Northridge. The archive houses the Forjaz collection (among others), including letters, photos, and manuscripts for his groundbreaking book Familias Macaense. Dr. Robert Gohstand, Director of the archive, was my host recently as I toured the facility and met staff members.      Archive  - Video &#160;  I’ve also begun]]></description>
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		<title>Marie Leitao&#8217;s escape from Singapore</title>
		<link>http://www.macstudies.net/2012/01/21/auntie-marie-leitaos-escape-from-singapore/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 22:15:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Marie Augusta de Sousa Leitão Deceased BIRRE, PORTUGAL   As Canadian troops arrived in Singapore to be marched into captivity auntie Marie along with her husband Eduardo and children Maria Luisa and Edurado were able to get onto this last boat out. In the confusion auntie Marie had forgotten her jewelry and Miss Leung Mo Kit, the amah, volunteered to risk missing the boat and went back to the house and returned with the jewelry. It came in handy later]]></description>
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		<title>Sister Aedris&#8217;s Escape from Singapore</title>
		<link>http://www.macstudies.net/2012/01/21/sister-aedriss-escape-from-singapore-in-ww-ii/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 22:14:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Aileen Coates (Sister Aedris) Bom Successo, ALGES, PORTUGAL &#160; AILEEN&#8217;S CHILDHOOD MEMORIES &#8211; SINGAPORE &#160; &#8216;Come and see the very bright lights!&#8217; called my parents.&#160; I scrambled out of bed pulling at the mosquito net and rushed out through my parent&#8217;s room on to the lounge veranda down the steps, through the opening, under the house and on to the terrace.&#160; The sky was ablaze with yellow and red lights.&#160; &#8216;Is it fireworks? Is it a practice?&#8217;&#160; The scent from]]></description>
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		<title>Old and New (Video)</title>
		<link>http://www.macstudies.net/2012/01/20/old-and-new/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 00:02:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; It’s been a busy week. I’m collecting personal recollections and writings on Portuguese refugees in Macau during WWII. This is an interesting period. First, they were among many, including British, Chinese, Jews, and Russians, who survived the Japanese invasion, then were forced to relocate in the turbulent colony of Macau. These accounts are not only heart rendering, but also provide a glimpse of what life was like for Macanese children and adults while the whole world was in chaos.]]></description>
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		<title>Posting Schedule &#8211; Feedback</title>
		<link>http://www.macstudies.net/2012/01/16/our-posting-schedule-and-contributor-feedback/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:30:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[To get things off to a good start, I will generally be posting updates on this site on Mondays and Fridays. Since I live in the Pacific time zone, those in China, Australia and Europe will be seeing it a day late. Here’s the first entry: Today I received a nice message from our first contributor, Joe De Souza, about the importance of preserving the memories of Portuguese and Macanese immigrants.  It reads: &#8220;Thank you for the welcoming post. And]]></description>
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		<title>Kimberly Hood &#8211; Kowloon</title>
		<link>http://www.macstudies.net/2012/01/15/kimberly-hood/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 22:28:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The era was the late &#8217;40s.  The venue was Kimberly Road in the City of the Nine Dragons.  My age at the time, 5 going on 6, where the first realizations of personhood had taken hold. At that young age, the Great War was not experienced, even though it was lived. The family had just moved back to Kowloon from the refuge of Macau, the place where I was born. Bombed out buildings were the norm; vacant lots commonplace.  Those]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome to Far East Currents</title>
		<link>http://www.macstudies.net/2012/01/03/welcome-to-far-east-currents/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:39:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You&#8217;ve reached the Portuguese and Macanese Studies Project. My name is Roy Eric Xavier. I designed this site as a focal point for anyone who is interested in China, the Portuguese-Macanese community (past and present), immigration, colonial history, world finance (which began with the development of trade between Europe and Asia), ethnic relations, and future cultural exchanges. All of these topics will be touched upon as our journey continues. For more information on my goals, go to the “Start Here” tab.]]></description>
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