Speaking of decolonization

[jon-nyc]

Without googling, what was the last European colony in Asia, who was the colonial power, and when did they relinquish it?

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[Horace]

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I would just guess Hong Kong but I’m sure that’s too obvious.

[Renauda]

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Macau. Portugal 1999

[LuFins Dad]

Last to be established or last one standing? And what geographic limits are we putting for Asia? India? The Middle East? Turkey?!

And what about the pacific islands?

[jon-nyc]

Last one relinquished. It’s in east Asia so focus there.

[89th]

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Not sure. Would guess a french colony somewhere near Indonesia. At first I thought UK and Hong Kong in like 2000, but not really a colony.

[bachophile]

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Macau Portugal sometime in the 70s??

[bachophile]

Mine is safe for work I don’t know why it says that

[George K]

@bachophile you can edit what the spoiler alert is when you post.

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So there.

[bachophile]

@George-K that’s not safe for work!!!!

[bachophile]

Actually maybe mine isn’t safe for work. Maybe someone in the ******* government is reading this

[jon-nyc]

Renauda got it - Macau was handed over from Portugal to China in 1999. IIRC, it was December 31st symbolically, ending 500 years of European colonization of Asia.

I was there maybe 7 years later and found no one spoke any Portuguese. It’s a huge gambling Mecca and has a separate visa regime than China because of it.

[bachophile]

Hey I did too but got the year wrong

[Horace]

My real estate selling agent was born there. First time I ever met someone from there. My wife has visited several times.

[jon-nyc]

Macau was an occasional (but long) night out when I would be in Hong Kong. Untold debauchery often ensued.

[George K]

@jon-nyc said in Speaking of decolonization:

Macau was an occasional (but long) night out when I would be in Hong Kong. Untold debauchery often ensued.

[taiwan_girl]

It was pretty "seedy" when under Portugal. I think it really took off when China took over, which is kind of surprising.

(I once had a taxi drive me around the course that the Formual 1 (or maybe Formula 3) raced. Do they still have that race?

[Doctor Phibes]

@taiwan_girl said in Speaking of decolonization:

It was pretty "seedy" when under Portugal. I think it really took off when China took over, which is kind of surprising.

(I once had a taxi drive me around the course that the Formual 1 (or maybe Formula 3) raced. Do they still have that race?

It's F3 - and they still run it, although it's been cancelled of late due to Covid. Both Ayrton Senna and Michael Schumacher won the race before becoming big stars in F1.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macau_Grand_Prix