Twenty-five years after colonial ruler Portugal handed control to Beijing, 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. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES ARRANGED IN SEQUENCES ARRANGED IN SEQUENCES