COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM
IMPERIALISM IN ASIA
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Macao
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Hong Kong
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Beijing
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Port Arthur
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Detailed explanation-1: -Definition. Macao (Macau) is located on a peninsula in the estuary of the Pearl River delta in southeast China and it was a Portuguese colonial settlement from c. 1557 until 1999.
Detailed explanation-2: -In 1557, the Portuguese took over Macau, making it the first European colony in East Asia. Called “A Ma Gao” by the Chinese (in honor of the patron goddess of sailors, A-Ma), its name was adapted to “Macau” by the Portuguese.
Detailed explanation-3: -In 1552, China granted the Portuguese permission to build drying and storage sheds for their trade goods in the area now named Nam Van. Finally, in 1557, Portugal got permission to establish a trading settlement in Macau.
Detailed explanation-4: -The colony remained under Portuguese rule until 20 December 1999, when it was transferred to China and became the Macau Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China. This marked the end of nearly 600 years of the European colonial era.
Detailed explanation-5: -Macau, China’s first and last European colony, was under Portuguese rule for over 400 years until it returned to Chinese sovereignty in 1999. Those 400 years of Portuguese rule made a big impact, shaping the city’s unique East-meets-West culture.