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Macau,
By mid-2015, gambling-related crimes had already gone up by more than a third, with loan sharking cases and unlawful detentions being of particular concern. This trend was just confirmed by
To many eyes, India looks like a roadblock to an effective world climate deal. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s demand for “climate justice” - meaning that rich nations should reduce their
Being one of the few local Chinese among a group invited to a wedding recently, acquaintances new to Macao naturally came to me for advice on the custom of local
The 62nd edition of the Macau Grand Prix came to an end on November 22. In times when “diversification” seems to be a major political buzzword seemingly fit for any
China has set about taming its unruly financial sector with characteristic vigor. Its government is busy investigating dubious banks, detaining suspected insider traders, and proposing overhauls of its regulatory system.
Since the murder of a 5-year-old boy in early October by his expatriate Belgian father battling for child custody in Singapore, expatriate divorce, its causes and consequences, have become topics
Isn’t it great to have a new force in politics here after so many years of stalemate; in this case the youth? For so long voters have been mainly divided
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
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