Assertion: colony's governor | /r/CapableOf | annex taipa
Facets:
value: respectively
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Portugal was able to capitalise on China's post-war weakness and assert its sovereignty; the Governor of Macau began refusing to pay China annual land rent for the colony in the 1840s, and annexed Taipa and Coloane, in 1851 and 1864 respectively.