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Macau's history under Portugal can be broadly divided into three distinct political periods. [7] The first was the establishment of the Portuguese settlement in 1557 to 1849. [8]
The increasing development of tourism became a major factor in the rapid development of the economy of Macau. For Portugal, the handover of Macau to China marked the end of the Portuguese Empire and its decolonisation process and also the end of European imperialism in China and Asia. [27]
Portugal and the People's Republic of China established diplomatic relations on 8 February 1979, and Beijing acknowledged Macau as "Chinese territory under Portuguese administration." A year later, Gen. Melo Egidio became the first governor of Macau to pay an official visit to Beijing.
The Portuguese first settled in Macau in the year of 1557, as a trading port between the East and the West, and survived there for almost two hundred years before obtaining the approval of the Qing dynasty in 1749. Not until 1887 did Macau become a Portuguese colony, until reverted back to China in the year 1999.
In 1976, Portugal unilaterally changed the legal designation of Macau from a "colony" to "territory under Portuguese administration". [4] [6] In 1987, the Sino-Portuguese Joint Declaration was signed and Macau became a "Chinese territory under Portuguese administration". [7]
By the 17th century, Portugal had established colonial rule over Macau after gaining concessions from various Chinese governments. In 1887, Portugal and the Qing dynasty signed the Sino-Portuguese Draft Minutes and the Sino–Portuguese Treaty of Peking, in which China ceded to Portugal the right to "perpetual occupation and government of Macau"; conversely, Portugal pledged to seek China's ...
Macau independence (Chinese: 澳門獨立; Portuguese: Independência de Macau) is a stance advocating for Macau's independence from the People's Republic of China.In 2016, the topic of Macau independence was brought up due to the controversy over the revision of Legislative Assembly of Macau election law, which is indirectly influenced by the Hong Kong Legislative Council oath-taking controversy.
Macau [e] or Macao [f] is a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China (PRC). With a population of about 710,000 people [11] and a land area of 32.9 km 2 (12.7 sq mi), it is the most densely populated region in the world.