Unlike the British in Hong Kong, the Portuguese colonial administration always tried to minimize conflict with Beijing, promoting compromise and dialogue. As a result there was little "anti-China" sentiment among the people of Macau at the time of the handover, in contrast to the pro-democracy mood that swept Hong Kong in 1997.
與港英政府不同，澳葡政府對中國大陸政權，向來也是衝突的少，妥協、溝通的多，因此，有別於香港九七治權移交時民主派激動等氣氛，澳門的華人絕不「反中國」。