Tekijä: | Gluckman, R. |
Otsikko: | Macau looks ahead... and back |
Lehti: | Asiaweek
1996 : MAR, VOL. 22:10, p. 34-37 |
Asiasana: | ECONOMICS ASIA POLLUTION |
Kieli: | eng |
Tiivistelmä: | With its transition to Chinese rule less than four years away, Portugal's enclave is in the midst of a cultural and economic renaissance. But rather than shedding its colonial heritage, like its rival Hong Kong, Macau is actively embracing it. Banners flutter above a circular stadium as a horse festooned in robbons prances around the arena. Abruptly, the band ends its plaintive tune. The crowd hushes and a snorting bull storms into the stadium. The huge beast surveys the scene, focuses on the horse as the target of its fury, and charges. |
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