<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ngemva kweNguquko Yama-Carnation ka-1974, iPortugal yanikela ngokusemthethweni ngeMacau njengesifundazwe esingasolwandle futhi yavuma ukuthi yindawo yaseChina engaphansi kokuphathwa yiPutukezi. Ngemva kokuba iChina iqale yaphetha amalungiselelo ngekusasa leHong Kong ne-United Kingdom, yaqala ukuxoxisana nePortugal ngeMacau ngo-1986. Zaphetha ngokusayina i-Joint Declaration on the Question of Macau ka-1987, lapho iPortugal yavuma khona ukudlulisa leli koloni ngo-1999 kanti iChina yayiyoqinisekisa izinhlelo zezombusazwe nezomnotho zaseMacau iminyaka engu-50 ngemva kokudluliswa. Eminyakeni yokuncipha kokubusa kwamakoloni, iMacau yakhula ngokushesha futhi yakha amaphrojekthi amakhulu ezakhiwo, kuhlanganise neMacau International Airport kanye netheku elisha lamakhonteyina. IMacau yadluliselwa eChina  <response>: ngo-December 20, 1999, ngemva kweminyaka engu-442 yokubuswa amaPutukezi. 