The handover
China takes control
The Portuguese and Chinese presidents attend a lavish handover ceremony as Macau becomes a Special Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China.
Chinese President Jiang Zemin welcomes Macau's return to the "embrace of the motherland."
President Jorge Sampaio pledges that Macau will "remain a crossroads between Europe and Asia."
Eyes on the future
What now for Macau?
Most Macau residents are optimistic about the return to Chinese rule, but the territory will have a tough time reinventing itself as the dynamic international business centre its new leaders envisage.
Residents are hoping that the arrival of Chinese rule will signal a tough stand on organised crime, writes Jill McGivering in Macau.
The return of Hong Kong and now Macau to China has pushed Taiwan further up the policy agenda of Beijing's leaders.
Colonial legacy
Portuguese heritage
For many who live in Macau, the history of Portuguese rule means little more than a few colonial ruins.
Jill McGivering reports on the mood in Macau in the run-up to the handover.
With the departure of the last Portuguese governor of Macau, half a millennium of European colonialism in Asia comes to an end.
Some of the pictures in this special report are used with the permission of the Macau government
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