Word: macao
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Wuer Kaixi, 21, the former Beijing Normal University freshman who emerged as the most charismatic leader during the student uprising in China, then disappeared after the massacre in Tiananmen Square. He evidently spoke from hiding in Hong Kong, where he is believed to have fled in mid-June through Macao. Thanks to an effective underground of sympathizers, only six of the 21 most-wanted student leaders have been apprehended. Wuer's friends say he may go to the U.S. to organize an alliance to continue the struggle...
...unable to carry out our work as planned" because events in China "have done great damage to the Hong Kong people's confidence in the Basic Law." A preoccupied Beijing canceled a scheduled visit to the colony by Ji Pengfei, who heads China's office of Hong Kong and Macao affairs. Once discussions resume, Hong Kong is certain to bargain harder than ever for protection of its rights...
...past decade, Lisbon and Peking have agreed that Macao, the tiny Portuguese colony and gambler's Mecca at the mouth of the Pearl River, would eventually return to Chinese rule. A major hitch, however, has been the & inability of the two sides to fix a date for Portugal to relinquish its administration of the 6-sq.-mi. enclave...
...impasse seemed to harden last month when Chinese negotiators warned that any date beyond the year 2000 "would not be acceptable." Lisbon, it seems, would have liked to hold on a little longer, perhaps until 2007, in order to celebrate 450 years of continuous Portuguese settlement in Macao. Still, reports surfaced last week in Lisbon that Portuguese officials are now tilting toward a return date of 1999, just two years after China assumes sovereignty over the neighboring British colony of Hong Kong...
...material girl has been cast as a missionary, and her bad-boy husband, somewhat closer to type, plays a raffish hustler. But the real surprises in Shanghai Surprise have come off the set. Upon arriving in the Portuguese colony of Macao, Madonna, 27, and Sean Penn, 25, fled a welcoming crowd, only to be ambushed outside their hotel room by Hong Kong Standard Correspondent Leonel Borralho. A long scuffle with Penn and bodyguards ensued, after which Borralho sued for $1 million. Two days later, reporters on stakeout took off after the couple, and the resulting car chase created a huge...