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Legend of the Chinese Zodiac

In my family, we have a dog, an ox, a rat, a tiger, and two dragons! When such a varied bunch sit...

Malaysia / Singapore / China Audrey Lim

Taipa and Coloane: A Tale of Two Islands

The author explores Macau's Taipa and Coloane, two of the most unique islands in Asia.

China Steven K. Bailey

Opium Den display in the Shanghai City Museum

Opium had a devastating impact on China just over a hundred years ago. One man tried to stop it b...

China MaryLou Driedger

The Temple of Lin Zexu who led the fight against British sales of opium

The Real Macau is Still There

You have to look a little harder to get past all the Las Vegas glitz and glitter that seems to be...

China MaryLou Driedger

I'an Hua San Temple

Macau...Old World Charm Collides With High Tech Aims!

If you want just one word to describe Macau, it is wondrous . After having visited a number of ci...

China Wah Heng

Flowers at Largo do Lilau, Macau.

One day in Macau

The author transits through Macau, thinking it's nothing but a gambling heaven. Now she plans to ...

China Sandra Lilyana

St Mark's Square, Venetian Macau

Venetian Macau casino welcomes its millionth visitor

It took the Venitian Macau, the world's largest casino resort, 17 days to receive over one millio...

China AFP

Las Vegas of the Orient?

The gray mist clung to the city so thickly that the godess herself seemed to float above the harb...

China Joshua Samuel Brown

Pousada de Sao Tiago Macau

Cannons, Chapels and Fine Cuisine: Macau's Historic Pousada de Sao Tiago

In the course of my travels I've spent the night in all kinds of odd places. I've camped in the n...

China Steven K. Bailey

Square in the old quarter of Macau.

Macau: After the Handover

Peering out the window of my hydrofoil from Hong Kong, I watched the familiar outline of the Maca...

China Steven K. Bailey

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Macau - Asia's Vegas?

A huge cheer breaks through the cacophony at Sands Macau Casino as the four million pataca (518,0...

China AFP/Mark McCord

Images of Asia - Macau, by Cesar Guillen-Nuñez. Detail of São Paolo Church, from an ink drawing by George Chinnery, c. 1830 (Crown Copyright Victoria and Albert Museum.)

Images of Asia - Macau

Images of Asia - Macau, by Cesar Guillen-Nuñez. Oxford University Press (1984)

China ThingsAsian Booklist

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Flowers and Swords Greet Morning in Macau

Like many Asian cities, Macau is at its best in the early morning. In the hours bracketing dusk t...

China Steven K. Bailey

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Strolling in Macao - a book review

Do you like to sightsee as you walk; and drop in on some random restaurant serving local delicaci...

China Ernie Yap

Book Review: The Bewitching Braid

Henrique de Senna Fernandes' The Bewitching Braid (Hong Kong University Press, 2004)begins as a s...

China Joshua Samuel Brown

Macau: Ruins of St. Paul's Cathedral by night.

Macau on the Web

CIA World Factbook . Macau 's economy has remained one of the most open in the world since its re...

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In Macau, gambling's the only game in town...

China AFP/Peter Brieger

Starbucks, Senado Square, Macau.

Photo of the Day Archive for May 2004

Photo of the Day Archive for May 2004

China Albert Wen

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