History of Macau: Difference between revisions

Riots broke out in 1966 during the [[Cultural Revolution]], when local Chinese and the Macau authority clashed, the most serious one being the [[12-3 incident]].<ref name=":132" />{{Rp|page=84}} This was prompted by government delays in approving a new wing for a Communist Party elementary school in Taipa.<ref name=":132" />{{Rp|page=84}} The school board illegally commenced construction. the colonial government sent police to stop the workers, and several people were injured in the conflict.<ref name=":132" />{{Rp|page=84}} On December 3, 1966, two days of rioting occurred in which hundreds were injured and six<ref name=":132" />{{Rp|page=84}} to eight people were killed, leading also to a total climbdown by the Portuguese government.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=kebmyB-5-IYC&q=de+facto&pg=PA34 ''Portugal, China and the Macau Negotiations, 1986–1999''], Carmen Amado Mendes, Hong Kong University Press, 2013, page 34</ref> Academic Tim Simpson describes the 12-3 incident as anThe event the event that set in motion de facto abdication of Portuguese control over Macau, putting it on the path to eventual decolonization.<ref name=":132" />{{Rp|page=84-85}}