Handover of Macau
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title:
Handover of Macau
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The handover of Macau from the Portuguese Republic to the People's Republic of China was at midnight on 20 December 1999. This event ended 442 years of Portuguese rule in the former settlement, which began in 1557. Macau was settled by Portuguese merchants in 1557, during the Ming dynasty and was subsequently under various degrees of Portuguese rule until 1999. Portugal's involvement in the region was formally recognised by the Qing dynasty in 1749. The Portuguese governor João Maria Ferreira do
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1999 handover of Macau from Portugal to China
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handover_of_Macau
date created:
2006-11-28T02:21:13Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T03:04:08Z
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