Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Macau an kafa shi a matsayin tashar kasuwanci a 1557 da daular Ming ta ba da hayar dindindin ga Masarautar Portugal. Daga baya an ba da yankin gaba ɗaya a cikin Yarjejeniyar Peking ta Sin da Fotigal ta 1887, amma an dawo da shi zuwa China
a shekarar 1999. Bayan juyin juya halin Carnation na 1974, Portugal ta ba da izinin Macau a matsayin lardin kasashen waje a 1976 kuma ta yarda da ita a matsayin "ƙasar Sin a ƙarƙashin mulkin Fotigal". Bayan an kammala tattaunawa kan makomar Hong Kong, China da Portugal sun fara tattaunawa kan Macau a shekarar 1986 kuma sun amince da Sanarwar Hadin gwiwar Sin da Portugal a shekarar 1987. Za a canja Macau zuwa China a 1999 kuma za a gudanar da shi a ƙarƙashin irin wannan yanayi kamar Hong Kong.