Editorial: Statistics – a vital tool for understanding Macau

I spent part of the long Workers’ Day weekend holiday in Zhuhai but still found some time to comb through a bundle of recent statistical economic reports and projections concerning Macau. Perhaps not the most relaxing way to spend one’s holidays, but I’ve been a statistics buff since my university years back in the 1970s.According to the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) latest “World Economic Outlook: A Critical Juncture Amid Policy Shifts”, published last month, forecasts

May 6, 2025 | BY admin

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Editorial: Bazooka may be needed to avoid economic nuclear winter

US President Donald Trump is well known for his bombastic style but his unashamedly hegemonic tariff policy announcement last week surpasses all that he has done so far on the global stage. In Macau, Trump’s “Liberation Day” – what a misnomer! – statement on April 2 – hard on the heels of All Fool’s Day pranks – was initially met with sheer bewilderment but quickly turned into great concern that even our tiny territory, which as a special administrative region (SAR), free

April 9, 2025 | BY admin

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Editorial: Ne Zha – China’s soft power answer to Mickey Mouse

Finally, I found time on Saturday night to see “Ne Zha 2” at a local cinema, China’s record-breaking animated fantasy adventure film which is now ranked 7th on the all-time global box office chart, with a total office revenue surpassing that of “Spider-Man: No Way Home”, according to cinema ticketing platforms cited by Xinhua. The film has been shown by seven cineplexes in Macau in Putonghua with Chinese and English subtitles since February 22. However, many locals have been

March 3, 2025 | BY Harald Brüning

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Editorial: Wang Yi offers MSC pragmatic, erudite advice

Wang Yi, one of the world’s most experienced foreign ministers, gave last week’s Munich Security Conference (MSC) a healthy dose of pragmatic and erudite advice on how to handle international relations. And, incidentally, he also promoted China’s brand-new DeepSeek chatbot, which was released to the amazement of the whole world just about a month ago to much acclaim. Of course, I am already its regular user, alongside Quora’s Poe chatbot which, no surprise, includes

February 17, 2025 | BY admin

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Foreign visitors need home-like convenience

Commentary by Kang BingThe National Immigration Administration’s new immigration-friendly policies for foreign visitors announced in December are set to prompt more foreigners to visit China. The policies show China’s determination to advance high-quality opening-up at a time when some countries are resorting to protectionism and isolationism.The new policies extend the duration of visa-free visits by foreigners to 10 days, and add 21 new ports of entry to the existing list. Since the

January 24, 2025 | BY Commentary by Kang Bing

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China-Africa win-win cooperation should be advanced for modernization and sustainability

Commentary by Arkebe OqubayChina-Africa cooperation is the largest and most dynamic form of South-South cooperation. It is comprehensive, cooperative and strategic. It is based on mutual respect and the principle of win-win cooperation. China and Africa share common aspirations for development and prosperity.Both are committed to developing a fair global governance system and represent the solidarity spirit of the Global South.It is the 25th anniversary of the founding of the Forum on

January 24, 2025 | BY Commentary by Arkebe Oqubay

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Beijing underscores need for countries to keep to the right path for inclusive development

In his address to the World Economic Forum Virtual Event of the Davos Agenda in 2021, Chinese President Xi Jinping pointed out that the problems facing the world are intricate and complex, and that no country can solve them alone or just to their own advantage. There must be global action, a global response and global cooperation, he stressed. A cold war, hot war, trade war or tech war, antagonism and confrontation are misguided approaches that eventually hurt all countries’ interests and

January 24, 2025 | BY China Daily Editorial

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An exhausted empire

        Without the ‘safety valve’ of sustained outward expansion, political and social decay is accelerating in the USSamuel Huntington’s book The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order has retained significant influence. However, it also continues to face criticism for its broad generalizations and controversial assumptions, along with the rising global interconnectedness of economies and cultures that challenge the inevitability of Huntington’s

January 21, 2025 | BY Commentary by Li Xing*

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Positive phone call offers hope of new beginning for ties that will bear fruit

China Daily Editorial    President Xi Jinping again congratulated Donald Trump on Friday on his reelection as president of the United States. In a telephone call with the president-elect, Xi said that both leaders attached importance to interacting with each other. He expressed his hopes that China-US ties will have a new beginning, relations will achieve greater progress over the next four years, and the two countries will become partners and friends.Xi stressed that as two

January 20, 2025 | BY admin

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GDP growth of 5 pct hits target

Analysis    China’s gross domestic product expanded 5 percent in 2024, official data showed on Friday, which is in line with the central authorities’ preset target of around 5 percent and provides a solid base for stabilizing the economy this year.Economists said the country’s economy will likely continue to grow at around 5 percent this year if the government adopts more expansionary moves for macroeconomic adjustment to boost domestic demand.In addition, economists said they

January 20, 2025 | BY Analysis by Ouyang Shijia and Zhou Lanxu

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Editorial: Xia urges Macau & HK to fully grasp advantages of ‘One Country, Two Systems’

Xia Baolong, Beijing’s point man for Hong Kong and Macau affairs, has urged the two special administrative regions to fully grasp the advantages that the “One Country, Two Systems” principle is offering them and to focus on their governance on both high-level security and high-quality development. Xia, who paid a fact-finding visit to Macau last September, heads both the Hong Kong and Macau  Work Office (HKMWO) of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and the Hong

January 13, 2025 | BY admin

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Sands China Takes Root in Macau Witnessing the Changes of the Times

Wilfred Wong: 25 Years Since the Handover Marks a Prosperous Era and a New Starting Point2024 marks the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China and the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the Macau Special Administrative Region, as well as the 20th anniversary of the opening of Sands Macao, holding significant meaning for Sands China and Macau. Dr. Wilfred Wong, Executive Vice Chairman of Sands China Ltd., describes the 25 years since Macau’s return as having

December 19, 2024 | BY admin

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Editorial: Sam’s team pledges solution-focused, people-centred approach

Chief Executive-designate Sam Hou Fai’s 10 member-team, which was introduced to the public during a two-hour press conference at Government Headquarters in Nam Van yesterday morning, promised one by one, much to my satisfaction, a solution-focused and people-orientated approach.This is in line with President Xi Jinping’s people-centred development philosophy which has benefited the nation for more than a decade.  It is also in accordance with Sam’s election manifesto, which stressed

December 2, 2024 | BY admin

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Editorial: Xi’s LatAm trip reaffirms commitment to global community of shared future

President Xi Jinping’s 11-day working visit to Latin America, which ended on Saturday, reaffirmed China’s commitment to advancing with its goal of helping establish a global community of shared future. As Foreign Minister Wang Yi, one of the world’s most well-versed diplomats, has pointed out, Xi’s tour was “a journey of friendship across mountains and seas, a journey of solidarity to jointly promote development, and a journey of cooperation to expand partnership,” during which

November 25, 2024 | BY admin

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