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MACAU, Oct 5 (Reuters) - Nearly 20 years have passed since Portugal handed Macau over to China, and although colonial culture still infuses parts of daily life, the influence of the territory's ...
Macau, with a population of 425,000, feels more like a colony than Hong Kong did. While Hong Kong has torn down Victorian buildings to make way for new development, Macau lingers in the past.
Ho Iat Seng, Macau’s chief executive and leader, had only warm words with which to describe relations between the semi-autonomous Chinese city and Portugal, its former colonial ruler, in a ...
Macau is best known now for its casinos, but it was the first European city in Asia, remained a Portuguese colony for 500 ...
Macau, a Portuguese-run enclave an hour away by ferry, got an airport only two years ago. ... Macau, with a population of 425,000, feels more like a colony than Hong Kong did.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Macau’s overall population lost about 10,000 residents, including Portuguese expatriates and migrant workers due to tough quarantine policies and border restrictions.
The 2007 Guia Lighthouse Protest marked the first major instance of civic activism in historic preservation in Macau—and it ...
Tiny Macau, a special administrative region of China, has seen its low-key colonial character give way to massive commercial and tourist development. The former Portuguese colony, a near neighbour ...
Macau, the world’s gambling capital, is becoming more intertwined with a Chinese neighbor — one person, train and building at a time. A former Portuguese colony, Macau was reclaimed 25 years ...
Fundacao Oriente's delegation in Goa was set up in 1995, seven years after it was set up in Macau (1988), also a former Portuguese colony. Portugal's transition to democracy began with the ...