Portugal gave up its last colony on Dec. 20, 1999 when it turned over this territory to China
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Transfer of sovereignty over Macau - Wikipedia  The transfer of sovereignty of Macau from the Portuguese Republic to the People's Republic of China (PRC) occurred on 20 December 1999. .... On 31 December 1975, the Portuguese government withdrew its remaining troops from Macau. ... of China recognised Macau as the territory of China, and the exact time for its...
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China Regains Macau After 442 Years - The Washington Post  By Clay Ch and ler December 20, 1999. The Portuguese government lowered its flag over this seaside gambling enclave for the last time Sunday and, as the...
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Why Did Portugal Give Up Macau | The other land reverting to China ...  Jul 3, 1997 ... 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 ... Portugal's dictatorship in 1974 and then -- wanted to give up all the country's old colonies. ... China, however, did not relinquish its sovereignty over the port.
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Macao: The Portuguese Colonial Empire Comes to An End  On December 20, 1999, Portugal gave up the last colony in its once vast overseas empire. ... settlement in Asia, reverted to China after 442 years of Portuguese rule. What follows is a catalog of the major Portuguese territories since the 15th...
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Portugal Agrees to Return Macao to China in 1999 - latimes  Mar 24, 1987 ... China and Portugal reached a settlement Monday under which the ... 20, 1999, under a "one-country, two-systems" approach similar to ... of giving up its African colonies, volunteered to return Macao to China. ... over Macao and conceded that Macao was Chinese territory "under Portuguese administration.
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Transfer of Florida  Florida Became a British Colony. In 1763, France, Britain, and Spain signed the Treaty of Paris at the end of the French and Indian War. As part of the treaty,...
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Portuguese India - Wikipedia  The State of India (Portuguese: Estado da ndia), also referred as the Portuguese State of India ... After 1510, the capital of the Portuguese viceroyalty was transferred to Goa. Until the 18th century, ..... Stamps of India were first used 29 December 1961, although the old stamps were accepted until 5 January 1962. Portugal...
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Taiwan profile - Timeline - BBC News - BBC.com  Jan 20, 2016 ... 1895 - China cedes Taiwan among other territories to Japan after losing the First Sino-Japanese War. 1915 - Tapani ... of China. Taiwanese history - 1945-2002 ... Mainlanders dominate island until the end of martial law in 1987. .... Chen Shui-bian's election win in 2000 ended 50 years of one-party rule.
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China wants Portugal to return this colony no later than 1997, the ...  Jun 26, 2016 ... China wants Portugal to return this colony no later than 1997, the year they'll # Quiz # Questio. video. 0:28 0 likes, 0 dislikes. No views.
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Introduction - The World of 1898: The Spanish-American War ...  As a result Spain lost its control over the remains of its overseas empire -- Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Philippines Islands, Guam, and other islands. ... By 1825 much of this empire had fallen into other hands and in that year, ... Two days later Commodore George Dewey sailed from Hong Kong with Emilio Aguinaldo on board.
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Tiny enclave to return to Chinese fold. Portugal agrees to release ...  Mar 24, 1987 ... Portugal and China signed an agreement yesterday providing for Macao's return to ... China does not normally recognize that status. ... beyond 1997, chiefly because it claims it requires more time than Hong Kong to develop a local administration. ... Lisbon held the territory under an 1887 treaty with China.
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Russia-China Boundary Agreement: Relevance for India  In December 1999, the two countries formally announced that their 30 year old ... the final resolution of the boundary dispute between the two have relevance for India. ... The Chinese regarded only the 1689 treaty of Nerchinsk as equal, which ..... eastern sector of the border, 170-sq. km of Russian territory has been turned...
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Hong Kong: Great Britain returns the last jewel of its empire to China ...  Hong Kong: Great Britain returns the last jewel of its empire to China Anticipation, fears on eve of ... June 29, 1997|By Frank Langfitt | Frank Langfitt,SUN FOREIGN STAFF ... At midnight tomorrow, the British Crown Colony of Hong Kong will become the Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China.
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History of Macau - Wikipedia  When the Qing dynasty and Portugal signed the Sino-Portuguese Treaty of Peking in 1887, the treaty terms made Macau a Portuguese territory again until 1999,...
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Hong Kong's Return To China: Year In Review 1997 | Hong Kong ...  At midnight on June 30/July 1, 1997, the crown colony of Hong Kong (see) ... They feared that China would drastically curtail the rights and freedoms of Hong ... and Stonecutters Island less than 20 years later, after the second Opium War ... to manage the transition as an exercise in which Hong Kong had no voice of its own.
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The last governor: Chris Patten & the handover of Hong Kong ...  The Last Governor is one of those rare and exciting books that captures ... of Hong Kong and its five million people to Communist China on July 1, 1997. ... and business leaders in Hong Kong, as he developed both this book and a ... The Last Governor: Chris Patten and the Handover of Hong Kong ... History / Asia / China
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List of state leaders in 1999 - Wikipedia  This is a list of heads of state, government leaders, and other rulers in the year 1999. .... Mayotte (Territorial collectivity of France) .... Communist Party Leader- Jiang Zemin, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China ..... President - Jorge Sampaio, President of Portugal (19962006); Prime Minister - Antnio Guterres,...
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Hong Kong's Return To China: Year In Review 1997 | Hong Kong ...  Hong Kong's Return To China , At midnight on June 30/July 1, 1997, the ... by the Sino-British Joint Declaration on the Question of Hong Kong, signed by the ... The agreement stipulated that under Chinese rule the HKSAR would enjoy a high ... Unsatisfied with incomplete control of the harbour, the British forced China to...
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Everything you need to know about Hong Kong's return to Chinese ...  Jul 1, 2016 ... July 1 marks Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day. ... China leased the New Territories to the British in 1898 for 99 years, ... On June 30, 1997, the last day of British rule, a handover ceremony took place ... In 2003, the largest protest in Hong Kong's post-handover history took place...
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ChinaPortugal relations - Wikipedia  Sino-Portuguese relations can be traced back to 1513 during the Ming dynasty of China. ... This expedition did not penetrate much further than Canton; one of the ships ... In August 1519 Simao d'Andrade, brother of Fernao Pires, made another .... Chinese did business with Malays and Javanese instead of the Portuguese.
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History of Macau - Wikipedia  Macau is a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the People's Republic of China. Macau became a colony of the Portuguese empire in 1557. ... The human history of Macau stretches back up to 6,000 years, and includes many different and ... They were able to defend their settlements and establish themselves there.