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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Paulo Coutinho
Macau,
A new sign of the summer holidays arriving are those emails from BNU promoting their foreign banknote online ordering system. In my rare moments of need for currency at this
Singapore’s policy makers have a fondness for boats. Or so it seems from recurring images of “a small vessel in choppy waters” in their descriptions of the island’s economy during turbulent
Like too many older people who have always eaten normal Western diets, I now take pills to control my too high blood pressure. If I had grown up and lived
Japan’s banks have reinvented themselves: In just four years, they’ve found a whole new way to be miserable. In the summer of 2012, Japan watchers were nervously drawing parallels with southern
The report on the mid-term review of the city’s gaming industry is a precious tool for the analysis of the status quo in Macau. The 280-page (Portuguese language version) document was
It is indeed always moving to see the rich and powerful coming to the rescue of the rule of law, or more exactly the rule by law, which has to
Is China’s Gilded Age back? Three-and-a-half years after President Xi Jinping started his crackdown on corruption and lavish spending, there are signs that the belle epoque may be ready for
I have often been told that Chinese people, especially those from the mainland, have difficulty understanding the concept of lining-up. They are known for their expertise in pushing their way
Macau’s loss may be other jurisdictions’ gain, but what is more concerning is the gains made by illegal bookmakers who, according to news agency Xinhua, pocketed more than USD2.7 billion
The bronze statue of Deng Xiaoping at the Shenzhen Museum is a little larger than life. But unlike the giant, striding Deng who towers over the city from a hill
At heart, nobody believed the outcome of the London calling would be to abandon the European Union. Of course people know one way or another the nature of a referendum
The Decisive Moment photograph on MDT’s back page last Monday showing mostly plastic debris strewn over Macau’s famous Hac Sa beach seems to have raised some ire and despondency. Documented
I wrote most of this column at the Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Center in Tianjin, the giant port city (population: 15 million) a half-hour bullet-train ride southeast of Beijing. It’s
I like trains and recommend them as a great way to travel! I recently took a train from Seattle to Chicago, travelling over the Rocky Mountains and across the rest of
As someone once said, “the less educated people are, the more rules they have.” This quote suggests that education is somehow opposed to regulations. Is this really true? I wonder… But
CEOs and bankers had been preparing to push the button on deals and fundraisings after Britain voted to remain in the European Union. Those hopes have been dashed overnight. The referendum is
Referenda can be divisive, very much so. And the vote over whether to remain in the European Union or not that is taking place in the United Kingdom at the
The news of Margaret Vinci Heldt’s passing, aged 98 in Chicago, appeared in newspapers from Taiwan to Malaysia, Ireland to the US. That made me glad. Not because I wear a
Whenever I look at the messy traffic at the crossroad from my window, I recall a scene from one of my favorite TV shows long, long ago. In that episode,
Ronaldo rarely does. The three-time world player of the year hasn’t been short of scoring opportunities at the European Championship. The problem is that the Portugal captain has had 22 —
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