<unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> Portugal offered to withdraw from Macau in late 1974, but China declined the offer in favor of a later time because it sought to preserve international and local confidence in Hong Kong, which was still under British rule, and also because it prioritized the reunification of Taiwan. ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️ ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️ ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️ On 20 December 1999<unk>two years after the handover of Hong Kong<unk>Macau was
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