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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Paulo Coutinho
Macau,
While coming back from Hong Kong yesterday, I stumbled upon an old acquaintance of mine, a man of venerable age, a man of the robe—a clerical one—and busy, still, with
The annual June 4 marches are held here with several purposes in mind: to commemorate the deaths which occurred during the Tiananmen Square crackdown; to call for a reassessment of
It could be the title of an Agatha Christie novel since this tragic tale includes all the classic elements of a murder mystery – death, intrigue and secrecy. But before
Bill Gross of Janus Capital says his next great short trade may be Chinese stocks. With the Shenzhen and Shanghai markets up another 9 percent last week, it’s not hard to
Who could have guessed that the smoking ban in casinos would return to haunt gaming operators? Given, of course, the much more relevant issues the industry is now facing, like
The school attrition problem hasn’t gone away. The rate students leave school since it became a topic of public commentary in 2005 has been attributed to society’s socio-economic structure: namely,
“Some people believe football is a matter of life and death,” Bill Shankly famously said. “I can assure you it is much, much more important than that.” The quote, from Liverpool’s
Despite the correction last week and the crazy volatility, the recent rise in China’s Shanghai Composite Index is good news for the over-levered companies fortunate enough to be listed on
Christine Lagarde’s people say China’s currency is no longer undervalued. Jacob Lew’s argue it still is. There’s a lot at stake in the debate: The yuan can’t gain status as a
Traditionally Macau doesn’t pay much notice to deeds on the other side of the border. But the times when Zhuhai was little more than a fishermen’s village are long gone
José Pereira Coutinho’s arguments are pretty straightforward: Macao needs a long overdue Trade Union Law for three sets of reasons. First, because this is enshrined in Article 27 of the
Leak in! Well-informed sources have circulated an unprecedented list of top People’s Liberation Army (PLA) officers “who have been booked for corruption” and Talkers screened it with his own eyes
The 1989 Tiananmen Square student protests and subsequent tragic events were likely the most significant turning point, because when hopes of political reform in China were dashed – as a
The plot smacks more of a grisly Hollywood horror film than a real life news story: stormy seas, boats adrift, traffickers brandishing weapons, starvation… disaster. But that’s the real life
I participated in a “guest simulation” at the new Marriott hotel in the Galaxy Macau in Cotai on Wednesday-Thursday (20-21 May). It was a very interesting and instructive experience. I had
Legislator, entrepreneur and prominent local Fujianese leader, Chan Meng Kam, had a very good week…in spite of an alleged electoral corruption court case running against alleged members of the civic
The cap on the number of casino tables in Macau - “the Table Cap” - is still a conundrum to many and being raised by more commentators as the seven
A G2E exhibitor promoting phone-betting technology had as their star attraction (supposedly) a Japanese porn star. They had her in their advertisement as well as signing autographs. Talkers got an
Zhou Xiaochuan is governor of the People’s Bank of China. But among some financial types, he’s earning another, less enviable title: the killer of weekends. On May 10, Zhou announced a surprise
China’s National People’s Congress is now deliberating on a bill to legislate a “National Security Law”. Article 11 of the proposed act reads: “Whereas neither China’s sovereignty nor its national territory
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