Contributions to understand the transfer of administration in Macau
Resumo
This study examines the Portuguese strategy for the
settlement of the Macao question with the People’s Republic of
China (PRC) during the 1984-1987 Sino-Portuguese negotiations.
The first section presents an overview of the Sino-Portuguese
prenegotiation activity that started in November 1984 with
President Li Xiannian’s visit to Portugal and ended in June 1986
with the first plenary meeting of the Portuguese and Chinese
delegations, which set the basis for the process of negotiation. The
second section analyses the formula for the settlement of the
Macao question that was decided between the second plenary
meeting, in September 1986, and the signature of the Joint
Declaration on the Macao Question, in April 1987. The third
section analyses details of the negotiations, i.e., the offers and
demands made by Portugal and the PRC, the concessions that both
made and obtained, and the convergence that eventually brought
the negotiation process to an end.
Contributions to understand the transfer of administration in Macau
Resumo
This study examines the Portuguese strategy for the
settlement of the Macao question with the People’s Republic of
China (PRC) during the 1984-1987 Sino-Portuguese negotiations.
The first section presents an overview of the Sino-Portuguese
prenegotiation activity that started in November 1984 with
President Li Xiannian’s visit to Portugal and ended in June 1986
with the first plenary meeting of the Portuguese and Chinese
delegations, which set the basis for the process of negotiation. The
second section analyses the formula for the settlement of the
Macao question that was decided between the second plenary
meeting, in September 1986, and the signature of the Joint
Declaration on the Macao Question, in April 1987. The third
section analyses details of the negotiations, i.e., the offers and
demands made by Portugal and the PRC, the concessions that both
made and obtained, and the convergence that eventually brought
the negotiation process to an end.
