This photo taken on December 13, 2024 shows visitors walking in the historic residential complex of the Mandarin's House in Macau. Twenty-five years after colonial ruler Portugal handed control of the city-state to Beijing, some residents are making a case for Macau's cultural distinctiveness even as the city is being subsumed into China's regional development blueprint, dubbed the Greater Bay Area (GBA). Macau's breakneck reinvention over this period, which saw its skyline and economy shaped by glittering casinos, has also prompted a younger generation to ask who they are and what they stand for. (Photo by Eduardo Leal / AFP) / To go with AFP story Macau-China-identity-politics-culture,FEATURE by Holmes Chan and Kloe Zheng (Photo by EDUARDO LEAL/AFP via Getty Images)