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 ...

Get a taste of old Macau by visiting these nostalgic restaurants off the tourist track Family-run eateries with generations of history serve up authentic Macanese and Portuguese cuisine In Partnership ...

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 ...

PostMag contributor Jason Wordie uncovers Macau's captivating history, from multiple spellings and wartime artists to opulent zoos and nostalgic myths versus gritty realities Explore Macau's past with ...

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 ...