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  • Vote Here

    by Gonçalo Lopes

    On September 14, 2025, Macau goes to the polls for the eighth Legislative Assembly, electing 14 deputies by direct suffrage. In this edition of PLATAFORMA we give voice to three …

  • Higher Flights

    by Gonçalo Lopes

    Macau ends the first half of 2025 with a double record that no government likes to showcase: the lowest number of new companies since 2016 and the highest number of …

  • Authority and Perspectives

    by Gonçalo Lopes

    In his opinion piece this week in the *Macau Daily Times* about Au Kam San, Paulo Coutinho highlights the first time that the National Security Law — amended in 2023 …

  • Make Business Not War

    by Gonçalo Lopes

    All signs coming out of the Stockholm meeting earlier this week suggest the possibility of a trade agreement between the United States and China. The official statements, but also the …

  • The New Legislative Assembly

    by Gonçalo Lopes

    Earlier this week, the public was somewhat shocked by the news that two candidate lists for the Legislative Assembly elections (direct suffrage) were disqualified after the State Security Defense Commission …

  • Macau now has an open-air concert and event venue with a capacity for 50,000 people — an infrastructure that undoubtedly marks an ambitious leap for the city’s cultural landscape. However, …

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