THESE DAYS Manuel Machado has a spring in his step. The school of which he is headmaster, Escola Portuguesa de Macau, is the only one in the southern Chinese city that still follows the curriculum ...

Today’s boom times in China are interesting in their own right, as economic booms always are. By chance and by design, I have lived in the middle of several of them: the Texas oil boom of the ...

It's a weekday afternoon and I am standing, slack-jawed and agog, in the sparkling lobby of the huge Sands Casino. Directly over my head, suspended from a well-reinforced (I hope) ceiling, hangs what ...

For more than 400 years, the tiny Portuguese enclave of Macau on the southern coast of China provided a small measure of European influence in an Asian setting. Founded in 1557 during the great era of ...

More than a decade after the Portuguese left Macau, their 450-year-old legacy lives on in fusion with the Chinese, creating a culture that is distinctly Macanese. Peer across the smoky gambling tables ...

The Las Vegas of Asia isn’t just flashy casinos and ritzy hotels. Head to its old town for a fascinating and tasty step back in time. I lost count of the number of times I encountered that comment ...

Atop a tired set of stairs, it is a sprawling space of plywood booths and folding chairs where tea and yum cha delicacies have been served for decades. Busy from early morning, patrons no longer bring ...

The 60-year-old Macau Grand Prix is a festival for both racers and fans. Recognized as one of the top events on the local calendar, the legendary Macau Grand Prix will celebrate its 60th anniversary ...