Views on China | Doors slam shut for China deals around the world

Doors are slamming shut in the developed world not just to Chinese investment in technology but potentially to a wave of acquisitions with a tech element, as diverse

Insight | Macau: The state of affairs

The city is swarmed with roadworks and many more new projects will be built in the foreseeable future. As a result, Macau has become a construction site, uglier

Bizcuits | The ambush of Abusive Supervision

You invest in Human Resource Management. You take pains to understand people management or bring HR professionals to do the work. They sit at the top of the

Girl About Globe | No more getting horizontal?

New bank notes were unveiled in Hong Kong recently, with the designs in vertical layout for the first time.  Ulster Bank in Northern Ireland will launch bills

Our Desk | Macau’s Mandarin is good enough

During yesterday’s Legislation Assembly plenary meeting, lawmaker Lei Chan U used his standard Mandarin to urge the Macau SAR government to more thoroughly educate its citizens in regard

Rear Window | Gang of nine vs Sulu Sou

If the Legislative Assembly members were only about establishing it as a space of free speech, no matter how spirited or spicy the exchanges between

Kapok | Not so cool after all

We have known for some time that air-conditioning is not only bad for the environment, but also pretty dreadful for our health. It consumes a lot of

Made in Macao | Our dragon culture

For thousands of years, the dragon has been the symbol of the Chinese. We consider ourselves the descendants of the dragons. Although we all know that the dragon

Macau Matters | Zero-waste lifestyles

I seem to be on a waste elimination jag at present, but it is a relevant topic for Macau given that the local Environmental Protection Bureau (DSPA) is

Our Desk | Are the McSleepers lovin’ it?

The phenomenon of McSleepers has grown incredibly in the city’s neighbouring regions, having a six-fold increase on the figures of five years ago. These residents, dubbed McSleepers

World Views | Bookies go from pariahs to partners in NBA deal

As revenue goes it barely registers on the books. The NBA probably gets more from the contract with its frozen daiquiri vendor than it does the new deal

Bizcuits | Bonus points for bonus assets

Five years ago, I wrote to the Chief Executive. My message may have fallen on deaf ears, maybe not, but nothing ventured, nothing gained, and I felt it

Girl About Globe | Is baijiu the new Aperol spritz?

World Baijiu Day is coming up soon. If you’re reading this outside China, baijiu is a powerful spirit. The name means ‘white liquor’. It’s a unit through which

Macau Matters | Food waste composting

In early July I wrote an article about the value of recycling used coffee grounds and how it would be a good social enterprise for Macau. It has

Our Desk | The Dunning-Kruger Effect

You may have already been introduced to this psychological theory “coincidently” established in 1999 by then-Cornell University psychologists David Dunning and Justin Kruger, for whom the theory is

Rear Window | Killing me softly

If it were a fictional protagonist of a tragedy characterized as sensitive and prone to meek hysterics… this persona, being the judicial system, would shout: they are killing

World Views | What does the apparent Trump-EU trade truce mean for China?

Donald Trump’s surprise trade truce with the European Union has analysts asking, “What does this mean for the trade war with China?” So far there are two very different

Made in Macao | Long-boiled soup – the Chinese secret to health and beauty

A friend who works closely with expatriates in Macao told me that one of the questions she has often been asked is why we Chinese take so long

World Views | Donald Trump’s pointless war of words with Iran

The exchange of rhetorical fire between Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and U.S. President Donald Trump was aimed mainly at their respective domestic audiences. Both leaders are under political

Our Desk | According to the law…

The Macau government likes to remind the public that it is conducting its affairs according to the law. Listen to the Secretary for Security or the Secretary

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