Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Anglo-Portuguese conflicts and the founding of the East India Company -- The voyage east: The beginning of Anglo-Portuguese relations in the East Indies -- The arrival of the English in Macau -- The beginning of regular East India Company trade with China -- The gradual growth of the British presence in Macau in the early eighteenth century -- Macau as a centre for Chinese control of the European "barbarians" -- The visit of the Centurion -- British relations and conflicts with the Portuguese and Chinese authorities in the second half of the eighteenth century -- The "scramble for the use of Macau" -- "Guests and old allies" -- The importance of Macau for the British China trade -- Lord Macartney's embassy to China, 1792-1794 -- Conclusion.…”
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“…United States Foreign economic relations China Macau (Special Administrative Region)…”
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“…United States-Macau Policy Act of 1999; a resolution expressing support for, and calling for support for, free, fair, and transparent elections in Indonesia; and a concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the United States should introduce and make all efforts necessary to pass a resolution criticizing the People's Republic of China for its human rights abuses in China and Tibet at the annual meeting of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights…”