Interestingly, you won't find the answer to this question in the recently completed ceremonies marking the return of Macau to Chinese rule. But you will find clear explanations, using treaties, maps, illustrations, and other historical documentation, at the Special Exhibition of Historical Materials on Macau currently under way at the National Palace Museum in Taipei.
引人深思地，一頁澳門滄桑史的答案，不在甫才舉行的「澳門回歸」大典之上，卻在台北故宮博物院刻正進行的《澳門史料展》中，以條約、地圖、圖繪等歷史文獻做了清楚的解說。