The World - News from May 21, 1986
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China and Portugal will begin talks next month on the transfer of Macao to Chinese rule, signaling an end to nearly 430 years of Portuguese control over the territory, officials said. The talks come 11 years after Portugal recognized Chinese sovereignty over the enclave. China has pledged to preserve Macao’s basic freedoms and capitalist life style under the same “one country, two systems” formula to be applied in Hong Kong when that British colony reverts to Chinese rule in 1997.
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