Macau History
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- A Brief History of Macau “Macau” or “Ou Mun”? Even though the word “Macau” originates from Chinese, it was not originally the name of the city. The actual Chinese name is “Ou Mun”, which means “trading gate” – referring to its location near the mouth of the Pearl River.
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History
Citizens with Macau residency are permitted to enter Macau. As of March 25, 2020, non-Macau residents who have been to an overseas territory in the past 14 days will be denied entry. As of April 5, 2020, bus services between Macau and Hong Kong are suspended until further notice.
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Portuguese galleons first visited Macau to trade in the early 16th century and in 1557, as a reward for clearing out pirates endemic to the area, they were allowed to establish a tiny enclave here. As trade with China grew so did Macau, which became the principal meeting point between China and the West. However, after the Opium War between the Chinese and the British and the subsequent establishment of Hong Kong, Macau went into a long decline.
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China’s Cultural Revolution spilled over into the territory in 1966–67. The government reportedly proposed that Portugal should leave Macau forever but, fearing the loss of foreign trade, the Chinese refused the offer.
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In 1999, under the Sino-Portuguese Pact, Macau was returned to China and designated a Special Administrative Region (SAR). Like Hong Kong, the pact ensures Macau a ‘high degree of autonomy’ in all matters except defence and foreign affairs for 50 years.