Asia

China and Middle Asia

What is the oldest European settlement in eastern Asia

In 1557, the Portuguese established the trading colony of Macao on mainland China at the mouth of the Xi (Pearl) River. Macao was a territory of Portugal from 1849 until 1999, when it was returned to China.

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