THE ‘POLICIES OF LOCALISATION’ IN SINO-PORTUGUESE NEGOTIATIONS DURING THE 1988-1999 TRANSITION PERIOD : THE IMPACT FOR MACAO’S ADMINISTRATION過渡時期 (1988-1999) 中葡談判所涉及的“政策定位”對澳門行政的影響
The article analyzes how the “localization policies” invoked in Sino-Portuguese disputes and negotiations during the transition period (1988–1999) influenced the administration of Macau. Starting from the institutional framework defined by the Sino-Portuguese Joint Declaration, the author argues tha...
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| Published in: | Review of Culture |
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Instituto Cultural de Macau
October 2009
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| Online Access: | https://www.icm.gov.mo/rc/viewer/pdfViewerParts/40032/3572 |
| Summary: | The article analyzes how the “localization policies” invoked in Sino-Portuguese disputes and negotiations during the transition period (1988–1999) influenced the administration of Macau. Starting from the institutional framework defined by the Sino-Portuguese Joint Declaration, the author argues that the dispute between Lisbon and Beijing over the scope and function of the joint commissions—above all the Sino-Portuguese Joint Liaison Group (JLG) and the Sino-Portuguese Land Group (LG)—structured divergent expectations about what should be “locally” legitimated and recognized after 1999. Methodologically, the study tracks the dynamics of the negotiations and the interpretive divergences over competencies, demonstrating how China tended to submit any decision with future impact on the Special Administrative Region to prior consultation, while Portugal claimed non-interference and administrative autonomy until the transfer.
The main conclusion is that these “localization policies” materialized less as a homogeneous policy and more as a negotiated practice, which conditioned the decision-making process of the Portuguese administration in Macau, while at the same time preparing, through formal and informal channels, the acceptance (or contestation) of measures intended to ensure institutional continuity, social stability, and economic development in the post-handover period. |
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| ISSN: | 1682-1106 |