caa a22 4500 386374392 CHVBK 20180307112011.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e198912 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S030574100001849X doi S030574100001849X pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S030574100001849X Shiu-hing Lo Aspects of Political Development in Macao [Elektronische Daten] [Lo Shiu-hing] Under the terms of a secret agreement reached between China and Portugal in 1979, Portugal was to continue administering Macao but sovereignty was transferred to China. Eight years later however, the Sino-Portuguese agreement on Macao's future was signed, which stipulated that it would become a Chinese Special Administrative Region on 20 December 1999. Whereas the transitional stage from Portuguese to Chinese administration began in 1987, political development started in 1976 when the principle of democracy was introduced into the colonial legislature (two years after a military coup had toppled the regime of Marcello Caetano in Portugal). This article will explore aspects of Macao's political development since the Portuguese revolution in 1974. Copyright © The China Quarterly 1989 The China Quarterly Cambridge University Press 120(1989-12), 837-851 0305-7410 120<837 1989 120 CQY https://doi.org/10.1017/S030574100001849X text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S030574100001849X text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Shiu-hing Lo NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- The China Quarterly Cambridge University Press 120(1989-12), 837-851 0305-7410 120<837 1989 120 CQY CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge