Take for instance the different attitudes of the colonial powers--Margaret Thatcher wanted to delay the handover of Hong Kong, while the Portuguese, their former maritime power rapidly declining, had long since expressed their willingness to hand Macao back to China.
比起由「鐵娘子」柴契爾夫人親自出面，一度想要延遲香港回歸時程的英國，國力在大航海時代就已急速衰退的葡萄牙，早早就表明願意交還澳門。