In 1557 the Ming Dynasty government agreed to allow Portuguese settlement of Macao, and Macao was dragged into the tumult of modern Chinese history, left swinging between Chinese and Western cultures and power.
自 1557 年，明朝政府同意葡萄牙人在澳門居住以來，捲進中國當代史漩渦的澳門，就在中西勢力和文化中擺盪。