Abstract
About 96 per cent of Macau’s population is ethnic Chinese. Most local Chinese residents came from the neighbouring counties in Guangdong province, especially from Zhongshan. A significant minority, estimated to be around 50000, came from the province of Fujian. Very few local residents are descendants of the original residents of Macau. When the Portuguese first landed in Macau in 1553, they found only a few hundred inhabitants. In fact, less than onethird of Macau’s adult residents are local-born. To a large extent, therefore, Macau’s mass political culture is a microcosm of Chinese political culture and, in particular, the culture of Guangdong and Fujian. Even locally-born Chinese are greatly influenced by theirparents and grandparents who were born in China. According to the Basic Law, the Macau SAR has high political autonomy under the banner of ‘one country, two systems’.KeywordsPolitical ParticipationPolitical CulturePublic AffairPublic OrderColonial GovernmentThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.
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