In Macau, we are accustomed to discussing major objectives: economic diversification, regional integration, international positioning. We talk about strategies, five-year plans, and structural investments. However, sometimes it is in the …
Insights
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This week marks one year since I returned to Macao, after being away for five years. Coming back is always an exercise between the memory we keep and the reality …
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The decision by the Health Bureau to strengthen the assessment and medical screening of travelers arriving from India, following a new outbreak of the Nipah virus, should be read as …
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The closure of Macau’s last satellite casino marks more than just the disappearance of a gambling exploitation model. It represents the end of an economic and urban cycle that, for …
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We are close to learning about Macau’s Third Five-Year Plan (2026-2030). Looking to the horizon, where economic diversification is projected for 2035, the space for diagnoses and conceptual architecture …
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The Macau Special Administrative Region has reached its 26th anniversary in a very different context from that which marked the initial period of transition. The time of institutional consolidation, …
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The government’s decision to stop releasing data on suicides and suicide attempts is part of a worrying category of institutional silences that weaken public trust and impoverish social debate. …
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There is a paradox that Macau insists on ignoring. Routes to Hengqin are discussed, integration into the Greater Bay Area is projected as if the city were ready to compete …