"RY, last (Vol. 1, No. 18) contains gri article entitled - "China and "Portugal," in which Dr. H. Tsang (writes pleasant and unpleasant Things about Portugal and the Portuguese.
The "China Critic" purports to be publication commanding "inside Knowledge" and a large circle of "Beaders; and some of its most Frequent contributors are known to holding responsible positions.
His Excellency the Portuguese Bnvoy Extraordinary and Minister "Plenipotentiary to China, Dr, J. fle Bianchi, is described' as the Fopresentative of "a country which ras the first, through the sea, to Pome into intimate contact with'the "[Phinese people." These words from Bhe pen of, Dr. Tsang prompt mo delve a little into history.
Vasco da Gama Indeed, it was Vasco da Gama who discovered the Cape route to the Indies and Far Cathay, and to Phe followers of that great navigator, who went further afield, we owe the Fundation of Macao ite "Gem of Orient Earth," "as Sir John Bowring, an early Governor of progressive Hongkong, has called it, Macao where "The very clouds that top cack moun-ain ere "seem "te pone there, tingering Macao has survived the severe test of the ages, and under the glorious banners of Portugal, which ince 1557 have fluttered in the Breeze o'er the "Holy City," the Chinese people have always enjoyed that friendliness, that liberty, which '80 often hus deserted them on their own soil. aloe]
"What was Macao prior to the advent of the 12) History. Portuguese' dace not lie when it tells us that had then been in the occupation of Portugal for some 330 years, it having been given to Portugal, as rosald, in acknowledgment' of the doughty deeds of the Portuguese.
Macao soon became a flourishing city, a centre of great commercial activity, through which merchandise from far away Europe was introduced into the Celestial Empire; and that China has greatly benefited from the gift she made to Portugal, not only in trade but also in repeated assistance in her difficulties, goes without saying
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