| Preface | 1 |
| Introduction | 3 |
| Maps | 5 |
| 1 | Portugal Opens an Ocean Route to the Far East | 11 |
| 2 | The Portuguese Settle at Macau and Expand Trade with China | 17 |
| 3 | Portugal Establishes a Colony at Macau | 32 |
| 4 | Dutch Attacks Threaten Macau | 42 |
| 5 | Macau and the Portuguese Restoration | 50 |
| 6 | British Artists Discover the South China Coast | 56 |
| 7 | The British Offer "Protection" for Macau | 64 |
| 8 | Macau Defends Its Territory Against China | 71 |
| 9 | World War II in Macau | 81 |
| 10 | Rioting Breaks Out in Macau | 87 |
| 11 | China and Portugal Sign Secret Agreements on Macau | 94 |
| 12 | Talks with China on the Future of Macau | 102 |
| 13 | Portugal and China Agree on the Future of Macau | 107 |
| 14 | Macau in the 1990s - Growth and Optimism | 121 |
| App. A | Sino-Portuguese Joint Declaration | 129 |
| App. B | The Basic Law of the Macau Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China | 143 |
| App. C | Antonio Fialho Ferreira's Account of His Journey to Macau with News of the Restoration | 172 |
| App. D | The Organic Statute of Macau | 178 |
| App. E | Chronology of Events Relating to Macau | 194 |
| Notes | 203 |
| Bibliography | 213 |
| Index | 219 |