人类历史在千年之交的伟大时刻,对于中华民族而言,还有着另外一层深刻的意义,那就是澳门回归祖国。澳门自古以塞就是中国的领土。葡萄牙人四百多年前来到澳门经商、传教,直至一八四九年之后逐步占领澳门。中国历届政府从未在澳门的主权问题上作出过让步,也从未在法律上将中国对澳门的主权让予他国。 At the great moment when the human history was at the turn of the millennium, there was another profound significance to the Chinese nation, that is, Macao’s return to the motherland. Macao has been the territory of China since ancient times. The Portuguese came to Macao four hundred years ago to conduct business and preach until they gradually occupied Macao after 1849. China’s previous governments have never made concessions on the sovereignty issue of Macao and have never legally given China the sovereignty over Macao.