Macau or Macao is a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China. With a population of about 710,000 people and a land area of 32.9 km2 (12.7 sq mi),it is the most densely populated region in the world.
Macau is a special administrative region (SAR) of the People's Republic of China. It was leased to Portugal in 1557 as a trading post in exchange for a symbolic annual rent of 500 tael. Despite remaining under Chinese sovereignty and authority,the Portuguese came to consider and administer Macau as a de facto colony. Following the signing of the Treaty of Nanking between China and Britain in 1842,and the signing of treaties between China and foreign powers during the 1860s,establishing the benefit of "the most favoured nation" for them,the Portuguese attempted to conclude a similar treaty in 1862,but the Chinese refused,owing to a misunderstanding over the sovereignty of Macau. In 1887 the Portuguese finally managed to secure an agreement from China that Macau was Portuguese territory. In 1999 it was handed over to China. Macau was the last extant European territory in continental Asia.
Taipa is an area in Macau,connected to Coloane through the area known as Cotai,which is largely built from reclaimed land. Located on the northern half of the island,Taipa’s population is mostly suburban. Administratively,the boundaries of the traditional civil parish Freguesia de Nossa Senhora do Carmo are mostly coterminous with that of the former Taipa Island,except for a portion of the parish that lies on the island of Hengqin (Montanha),housing the campus of the University of Macau.
The Regional Flag of the Macau Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China is light green with a lotus flower above the stylised Governador Nobre de Carvalho Bridge and water in white,beneath a circular arc of five golden five-pointed stars:one large star in the center of the arc with two smaller stars on each side of the large star,each with a point angled directly outward from the center of the common circle on which they lie.
Vasco Joaquim Rocha Vieira,GCTE GCC GCIH ComA,is a retired Portuguese Army officer who was the last Governor of Macau.
Macanese cuisine is mainly influenced by Chinese cuisine,especially Cantonese cuisine and European cuisine,especially Portuguese cuisine and influences from Southeast Asia and the Lusophone world,due to Macau's past as a Portuguese colony and long history of being an international tourist gambling centre.
Macau was under Portuguese rule from 1557 until 1999. During the final period of colonial administration prior to the handover to China,Portugal retained only limited numbers of military personnel in Macau for liaison and support purposes;the last major units having been withdrawn following the Carnation Revolution of 1974.
The Government of the Macau Special Administrative Region,commonly known as the Macau Government,is the executive authorities of Macau. Formed on 20 December 1999 in accordance with the Sino-Portuguese Joint Declaration,it is headed by secretariats or commissioners and report directly to the chief executive. The affairs of the government are decided by secretaries,who are appointed by the chief executive and endorsed by the State Council of the Central People's Government in Beijing. As a special administrative region of China,Macau has a high degree of autonomy,in light of the "One Country,Two Systems" policy. The Macau Government,financially independent from the Central People's Government,oversees the affairs of Macau.
João Maria Ferreira do Amaral was a Portuguese military officer and politician. While he was governor of Macau,he was assassinated by several Chinese men,triggering the Battle of Passaleão between Portugal and China.
The Leal Senado Building was the seat of Portuguese Macau's government. It is located at one end of the Senado Square in São Lourenço,Macau,China. It currently houses Macau's Municipal Affairs Bureau.
Vasco Fernando Leote de Almeida e Costa,GCIH,GCL was a Portuguese naval officer and politician.
Macanese Portuguese is a Portuguese dialect spoken in Macau,where Portuguese is co-official with Cantonese. Macanese Portuguese is spoken,to some degree either natively or as a second language,by roughly 2.3% of the population of Macau. It should not be confused with Macanese language,a distinct Portuguese creole that developed in Macau during the Portuguese rule.
The 12-3 incident was a series of political demonstrations and riots against Portuguese colonial rule in Macau which occurred on December 3,1966. The incident,inspired by the Cultural Revolution in the People's Republic of China,occurred as a direct response to a violent police crackdown by colonial authorities against local Chinese protesters demonstrating against corruption and colonialism in Macau.
The Passaleão incident,also known as the Battle of Passaleão or Baishaling incident,was a conflict between Portugal and China over Macau in August 1849. The Chinese were defeated in the only military confrontation,but the Portuguese called off further punitive measures after a naval explosion killed about 200 sailors.
The Sino-Portuguese Treaty of Peking was a trade unequal treaty between the Kingdom of Portugal and the Qing dynasty of China,signed on 1 December 1887. It is counted by the Chinese as among the unequal treaties in the aftermath of the Second Opium War. The treaty gave Portugal perpetual colonial rights to Macau on the condition that Portugal would cooperate in efforts to end the smuggling of opium.
Carlos Montez Melancia was a Portuguese politician who was the Governor of Macau from 9 July 1987 to 22 April 1992.
The Public Security Police Force is the non-criminal police department of Macau and a branch of the Macau Security Force. Originally known at first as the Macau Police,the force went through several name changes before taking on its current name. The PSP celebrates its foundation on 14 March 1691.
Macau was a Portuguese colony from the establishment of the first official Portuguese settlement of Macau in 1557 to its handover to China in 1999. It comprised the Municipality of Macau and the Municipality of Ilhas. Macau was both the first and last European holding in China.
Ho YinComB was a businessman,politician and senior leader of the Chinese community in Macau.
Macau independence is the political movement that advocates for the independence of Macau from China. Despite receiving little attention within Macau,the issue was raised in the Legislative Assembly of Macau following the Hong Kong Legislative Council oath-taking controversy. In 2017,several Chinese media outlets warned against discussion of Macau independence,fearing that speculation would lead to further action.
