Acknowledgments Prologue: Between Empires Drifting empires Contesting the 'Macanese' identity Cosmopolitan and transnational arenas A kaleidoscope of Macanese experiences 1 Crossing Imperial Borders The tightknit oligarchy A clerk, a businessman and a newspaper editor Channeling Macau's woes into Hong Kong developments 2 Sandwiched in the Workplace The roots of the Macanese as 'middle' people D'Almada's plight Grand-pre's poor performance Port wine and new opportunities 3 Horseracing, Theater and Camões Strictly male, strictly rich, strictly colored Abraço fraternal (fraternal embrace) and Camoes A stage for middle-class Macanese men 4 Macanese Publics Fight for the 'Hongkong Man' From Hong Kong to Lisbon to Shanghai Globalizing colonial Hong Kong The 'Hongkong man' 5 Uniting to Divide, Dividing to Unite 'Kowloon Macanese' vs. 'Hong Kong Macanese' Nationalizing the 'Portuguese of the East' Contesting Macanese patriotism Por Deus e pela Pátria: Portuguese nationalism in Hong Kong Printing and disseminating diasporic nationalism Epilogue: A Place in the Sun Being Macanese in wartime Hong Kong Rethinking identity as response Towards a world without labels Appendix: Summary of Featured Macanese Individuals Index.