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Quote[/b] ]This doesn't change the fact that the Portugese appear as a Faction on Macao and the Phillipines...
Precisely. It was the concern of the Portuguese king, not the Spanish.

Spanish influence in Asia was only possible because of the period of dinastic union. But not before 1580.

Macau was a very important Portuguese trading center in Asia. But not a center for expansion. That was not the objective.

The Portuguese held fortresses in the most important Asian coastal points to control trade through naval power. But, unlike the Spanish, very seldom they explored the inlands. Notable exceptions are Guiné-Bissau, Angola, Moçambique and Brasil.