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1521-49 - Portuguese attempt to gain trading posts by force but are defeated by Ming Chinese forces in several battles. 1554 - Luso-Chinese agreement: Portuguese rent Macau as a trading post.

Portuguese-controlled Macau is being returned to China, on Dec. 20, 1999, following part but not all of the model set by the return this week of British-controlled Hong Kong.

MACAU — Macau is what Hong Kong is not. Hong Kong is fast, modern and brash, a world-class commercial center, blessed with one of the best deep-water ports in the world. Macau, a Portuguese-r… ...

Authorities are keen on building upon Macau’s historical links to Portugal as a means to bolster the region’s economy without depending solely on the 170-year-old gaming sector.

Macau, the world’s gambling capital, is becoming more intertwined with a Chinese neighbor — one person, train and building at a time. A former Portuguese colony, Macau was reclaimed 25 years ...

Tiny Macau, a special administrative region of China, has seen its low-key colonial character give way to massive commercial and tourist development. The former Portuguese colony, a near neighbour ...