Macao holdt i december 1999, altså for lidt over et år siden, op med at være et særligt område administreret af Portugal - i fred og samdrægtighed gennem 450 år - for i dag at være blevet en særlig administrativ region inden for Folkerepublikken Kina efter den kinesiske ordning med "et land, to systemer".
In December 1999, in other words, just over a year ago, Macau stopped being a special territory under the administration of Portugal, which it had been, peacefully and with the consent of the people, for 450 years. It is today a Special Administrative Region that is part of the People 's Republic of China, in accordance with the Chinese principle of'one country, two systems'.