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Events on Monday 20 December 1999 1
1999Macau Handed Over to ChinaEnd of Portuguese colonial rule in AsiaPortugal transferred sovereignty over Macau to China on December 20, 1999, ending more than four centuries of Portuguese colonial administration. Macau became a Special Administrative Region under a 'one country, two systems' framework similar to Hong Kong. It was the last European colonial territory in Asia.