It is now a few years since Macau people spent many billions of patacas to build the Hengqin campus of the University of Macau. As I have only recently had
The World Economic Forum (best known for organizing the annual Davos shindig) just published its annual Gender Gap report. It makes for thoroughly depressing reading. On current trends, it will
In the past few days, in the wake of the horrendous terrorist attacks in Paris, I have been confronted by the best and the worst. On the side of the best,
What it means for a European nation and member of NATO to declare war against a stateless band of terrorists is an interesting and important question, made urgent by Islamic
It was quite surprising to hear the sound of a small explosion somewhere in Macau on Black Friday. At once, I realized, being Macau, it must be the fireworks. What
Probably the most hyped-up single policy change to come out of China for years, the relaxation of Beijing’s one child policy has been chronicled to death in the media over
All of those statements seem to show an unwillingness from China to develop towards a model that upholds the major provisions of the Basic Law(s) in Hong Kong and Macau,
Next week will see the start of the delivery of Macau’s 2016 Policy Address by the CE followed by various sessions over subsequent days to explain the programme and answer
The sad saga of Chow Siu-shuen, and that of her grandson, Xiao Youhuai – a woman prosecuted for caring for her grandson after his parents abandoned him – has taken
In many parts of the developed world people have been able to go online, shop for groceries and other things and have them home delivered for years. Every week, for
The U.S. economy added an impressive 271,000 jobs in October, as you’ve surely heard. The industry that led the way was professional and business services, with an increase of 78,000.
Besides the commonly applied superlatives giving the enclave its singular profile – trivia, such as cars inch by inch or the squeeze of people sharing space, air and water, GDP
In any polity of the world, public spending does matter. In fact, public finance is at the crux of public policy making and constitutes a necessary reality check on the
China’s leaders have been busy lately, finalizing the country’s new five-year plan. The details won’t be announced for a while, but most observers aren’t much interested in the fine points
There are different things we say when meeting people we know on the street. Among these, the most common greeting used to be “最近好嗎 Zui jin hao ma?” which translates
It probably goes without saying, but the financial services sector has placed a tremendous amount of trust in its computers. They’re trusted to execute automated investment strategies, trusted to interact
If you are truly lucky enough with children (and students and employees, for that matter), you experience those rewarding moments when you’re offered a glimpse of the way they are
Hong Kong and Asia’s richest man Li Ka-shing has finally been officially described accurately in China: a profit-only motivated man, and no patriot. The final straw was when he moved
When Chinese leaders convene this week for a four-day meeting on the future of the country’s economy, the biggest news might have to do with babies. According to reports in
Recently, we bore witness to some criticism from people regarding the new measures proposed by the government that changed the duration and tariffs of parking meters. This measure comes as just
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