Establishment of libraries and schools was initially the core activity of the revolutionaries in Macao; and modernized Cantonese dramas were used as a means to promote the idea of overthrowing the Qing Dynasty. Whilst local residents were barely enlightened by such effort, members of Chinese United League initiated a military force in Macao to invade Shiqi and successfully took over Xiguan, respectively in the vicinity of and in Guangzhou, in November of 1911.In the 1920's, led by Sun Yat-sen, the military government of Guangzhou provided armed support to the Chinese labors in Macao and sent battleships to garrison duty in the inner harbor in preparation of reclaiming the territory in 1922. Such effort, however, was put to a halt when the P...