Old Macau

Macau's fine villas with colonnaded verandahs were an agreeable mixture of south European and Far Eastern worlds. Western comforts and amenities had come with the Portuguese who once ran all the Far East trade.

   

                                                                                                                              

                              

"A key topic will be Pakistan's deep-water, strategic Gwadar port on the Arabian Sea, in which China has already invested US$200 million. The port will help Pakistan become a conduit for trade to landlocked Afghanistan and Central Asia." from South China Morning Post

"Portugal ranks 77th on the list of China's suppliers, with goods worth €222 million exported last year, and imports worth €1.1 billion." from South China Morning Post

"To pay their respects, the Portuguese ordered a salute fired by their ships' guns. Unfamiliar with European etiqutte, the Chinese officials on shore concluded the city was under attack, and when the Portuguese landed they ordered a number to be seized and executed as pirates." from South China Morning Post