Macau

Macau or Macao (Chinese: 澳門), officially the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (MSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China in the western Pearl River Delta by the South China Sea. With a population of about 680,000 and an area of 32.9 km² (12.7 sq mi), it is the most densely populated region in the world.

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It seems that the reason to end horse racing in Macau is not economical only but also ideological: putting together sport and betting is regarded as immoral by the Marxist ethic revamped by Xi Jinping.
- Gladys Kwok (pseudonym), "No Horse Racing, Please, We’re Chinese: The End of a Venerable Tradition in Macau", Bitter Winter (January 18, 2024)

Macau, often caricatured as Asia’s Las Vegas, has long been overshadowed by Hong Kong in global conversations about Chinese authoritarianism. Its booming casino industry and relatively small population—just under 700,000—have helped insulate it from the kind of mass protests that rocked Hong Kong in 2014 and 2019. But the absence of spectacle should not be mistaken for stability.
- Yoyo Ng (pseudonym), "Macau’s Silent Chill: The Arrest of Au Kam San and the Unseen Repression", Bitter Winter (August 20, 2025)

The first Macau Summit on the Sinicization of Religion opened on July 20 at the Fisherman’s Wharf Convention Center. It was presented as an international event on Buddhism and religious dialogue, yet the structure of the gathering reveals its political purpose. Senior representatives of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference attended, together with officials from the Central Government Liaison Office and the United Front, and leaders of the government-controlled Chinese Buddhist Association. Their presence confirms that the summit is part of a national strategy aimed at aligning religious life with the authorities’ priorities. … The theme chosen for the summit, described as “local wisdom resonating with the world,” was used to promote the idea that religious traditions should adapt themselves to the cultural and social framework defined by the state.
- Yoyo Ng (pseudonym), "Sinicization of Religion Reaches Macau", Bitter Winter (July 30, 2026)
- Here, "Sinicization of Religion" means aligning the religious life with control by the Chinese Communist Party.