Stories about Macau (China)
China: Nansha Oil Refinery Campus
Buchong visited the planned construction site of an giant oil refinery campus at Nansha, a river mouth peninsular at Zhujiang delta [zh]. The villagers are looking forwarded for the construction, however, the project would result in serious air and water pollution affecting nearby districts, in particular residents in Macau, Hong...
Macau: Cold death
Leocardo [pt] comments on the news that 44 people have died because of the ferocious cold weather in Macau. “It is absolutely inconceivable that a developed country or territory allow their citizens to die because of cold weather. More important than the GDP or the human development index, these are...
Hong Kong and Macau: Comparing CEs’ New Year Spending
Macaopen compares the lunar new year PR news of Hong Kong and Macau Chief Executives. In the two PR news, HKCE Donald Tsang negotiated price in the night market and spent 700, while Macau counterpart Edmund Ho spent 52,000 (zh).
Macau: A gastronomic tour
Leocardo [pt] has compiled a list of his favorite places to eat out in Macau, beyond Chinese and Portuguese cuisine.
Macau: The Year of the Rat
Leocardo [pt] has pictures of the New Year Celebrations in Macau. The blogger has also been publishing Year of the Rat's predictions for each sign in the Chinese Zodiac.
Macau: Polution, fog and cold
“If “smog” is portmanteau formed from “smoke” and “fog”, “frog” is the anti-portmanteau I have come up with for “frio” [Portuguese for cold] and “smog”. Leocardo [pt] comments on the coldest day in Macau for many months and on the pollution that China has been trying unsuccessfully to eradicate.
Macau: Gambling habits
Leocardo [pt] comments on gambling habit in Macau, where “the majority of the population have played in some way during the year 2007, either in casinos or lotteries, and are the less literate citizens who gamble more”
Macau: March for democracy and end to corruption
José Carlos Matias [pt] publishes pictures and videos to mark the eighth anniversary of Macau's reversion to Chinese rule, among which images of today's workers march demanding more democracy and a corruption-free government.
China: Tourists in conflict with Macao police
Mainland tourists broke into a conflict with riot police in Macao due to the controversy with local tour guides on excessive cost. It might reflect a troubling problem: how can tour guides earn what they deserve? By backhander, or by service?
Macau: Back to the middle age when it comes to AIDS
Leocardo [pt] is disgusted at decision by a Portuguese court to back a hotel chain that sacked a HIV-infected cook. “We are back to the middle age when it comes to AIDS. We are back to the times when we thought that AIDS was transmitted by shaking hands or mosquitoes...
Macau: Radio Silence
Leocardo [pt] listened to the annual official balance of the last 8 years of Macau's government on the radio, for about 40 minutes: “And that was all I could listen to. The same happened last year, Rádio Macau's Portuguese channel thought it was better not to broadcast the entire section...
Hong Kong and Macau: Prosperity on the Sand
Erynnyes comments about the political environment in Macau. The blogger said that the city's prosperity has been built on a sandy ground where the dissent voices are repressed and the government is corrupted [zh].
China: Reporting 17 Party Congress
Rose Liu compared reporters’ concern on the 17th Party Congress (zh): western media's concern is more substantial than Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macau's media. The former pay attention to economic and political reform, while the latter concerned about Hong Kong and Macau policy… as for me, I felt that the...
Macau: Gone with Development
The world's largest casino, $2.4 billion Venetian Macau Resort, opened on August 28th. Along with numerous development projects, Macao is just like a huge construction site now. Some people are worried that natural and cultural beauty will be sacrificed for the sake of urban development. Manfaiw laments(zh): “In the future,...
Macau: Macau University of Science and Technology
Onemanbandwidth blogged about the public complaints about the management, false promise in marketing and corruption of the Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST).
Macau: Press freedom statement
The Macau Journalist association has published a statement at their blog[zh] against the intervention of press freedom, in particular, on the May Day demonstration report. According to the statement, the Macau government information department sent staffs to the Macau T.V station to help the news room editing the news report...
Taiwan: Olympic torch relay-through Taiwan or not?
2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China will have a fabulous start: the route of the Olympic torch relay will be the longest in the history (85000 miles, 130 days). However, the plan was rejected by Taiwan on April 26, 2007. The current proposed route related to Taiwan can be seen...
Macau: Why Did The Macau Disturbance Occur?
ESWN continued to translate article concerning Macau May Day disturbance. There are six listed reasons: In summary, this is an almost-zero-sum game. If the demands of the present marchers are met, another set of marchers will show up because their interests have been adversely affected as a result. Even if...
Macau: Gambling, Corruption, and Repression
Last year Macau has a recorded 17% GDP growth, the gambling and tourist industry is blooming. However, the May Day demonstration in the past few years has been getting more and more violent. This year, it has resulted in 5 open gunshots (by the police) in the city center among...
Macau: May Day Protest Turned Violent
A peaceful May 1 workers and grassroots protest turned violent as the police blocked the demonstration route. Well-armed Macau policemen fired warning shots into the air, but there were no reports of injuries resulting from the gunfire. Onemanbandwidth has a brief report. The blogger has written a background post about...
Taiwan: Crazy for Matsu
(Photo is from Arkun's flicker photo album.) Just like what Backlight53 said: 這禮拜中台灣都在瘋一件事，那就是–大甲媽祖遶境。 this week, there is one thing people in central Taiwan are crazy for. That is Da-jia Matsu's inspection. Based on Mei-Rong Lin's research, Matsu is the deity most commonly worshipped by Taiwanese people. Matsu's birthday falls on...
