- Title: TIMELINE: Macau politics ahead of 25th anniversary handover to Chinese rule
- Date: 17th December 2024
- Summary: The Chinese army rolled into the former Portuguese colony of Macau, sealing the island's return to communist China. The troops entered the city in convoy and with great ceremony from the border city of Zhuhai in December 1999. MACAU, CHINA (FILE - DECEMBER 20, 1999) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (POOL) VARIOUS OF PEOPLE'S LIBERATION ARMY (PLA) TROOPS DRIVING INTO MACAU THROUGH ZHUHAI B
- Embargoed: 31st December 2024 01:02
- Keywords: China Macau Portugal President Xi Jinping anniversary handover
- Location: MACAU / MACAU, BEIJING, ZHUHAI, CHINA / LISBON, PORTUGAL
- City: MACAU / MACAU, BEIJING, ZHUHAI, CHINA / LISBON, PORTUGAL
- Country: Macau
- Topics: Asia / Pacific,Diplomacy/Foreign Policy,Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA00A029401011970RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: The Chinese territory of Macau is set to celebrate the former Portuguese colony's 25-year anniversary of its handover to Chinese rule on Friday (December 20).
Macau was returned to China at midnight on Dec. 19, 1999, ending almost 450 years of Portuguese rule.
Chinese President Xi Jinping is scheduled to visit Macau for three days from Thursday (December 18) to attend the General Assembly in celebration of the 25th anniversary of Macao's return to the motherland and the inauguration ceremony of the sixth government.
Sam Hou Fai, 62, a former judge born in Zhongshan city in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong, was elected the sixth chief executive-designate in October 2024.
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