Did the Portuguese get anything in return when they handed back Macau?
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By giving up Macau quietly, Portugal avoided an embarrassment similar to the one they experienced when India took Goa.
More seriously, this was done as part of a treaty at a point in time where Portugal was carrying out a policy of de-colonization. Portugal basically offered to return Macao to China.
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On the contrary. Portugal started building the (very expensive) Macau International Airport after the handover of Macau decision was already settled between Portugal and China (1987).
Even more,
Portugal offered to withdraw from Macau in late 1974, but China declined the offer in favour 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 prioritised the reunification of Taiwan.
and,
In 1976, Portugal unilaterally changed the legal designation of Macau from a "colony" to "territory under Portuguese administration"
Both from here. So, it looks like Portugal wanted to leave Macau at any cost. And China wanted Macau to be the last extant European territory in continental Asia, instead of Hong Kong.
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