Asia's Honey Pot - China

April 2007
In 1997 the British handed the island state of Hong Kong back to China. But we probably don't remember that two years later in 1999, the Portuguese also handed back their former colony of Macau - a typhoon-ridden dot, 50 minutes by ferry from Hong Kong, with no arable land, not even rice paddies, fewer than 500,000 people and less than a sixth the size of Washington D.C.

But now the financial press reports that Macau has actually overtaken the famous Las Vegas strip in the US as the biggest casino magnet in the world.

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[ukusapillage]

in honk kong u make the money in macau u loose it... lol

[ukusapillage]

americans will destroy macau, it dosent look like anything anymore, its just bunch corny buildings and gambling addicts

[ukusapillage]

during portuguese rule there where alot of casinos it was the portuguese gov that invented stanley ho, witch from its side invented the mafia in macau with the triads witch still exist underground

[tangoinasia]

today macau is like ningbo. No more fun :)

People from mainland occupied it and destroying like a tumor.

[tangoinasia]

today macau is like ningbo. No more fun :)

[Topazman12]

Gambling is a pastime for majority of Chinese. Even though gambling is illegal, people still gamble in Mahjong.

[eastern2western]

one billion people and one island to gamble. what the fuck do you people expect.

[lamdawave]

@simonissheep Really? So you are really a Chinese to the bone. Wish you good luck and win win all the way ha ha!

[simonissheep]

@lamdawave lol...ur right mate, i m chinese and i did that with my chinese mates and i can tell u there r more even number car plates than odd in china

[lamdawave]

Chinese people like to gamble. The joke is the moment 3 chinese come together they WILL start to gamble- from guessing which half of a broken tooth pick held between two fingers is longer/shorter, to whether the car plate no. of next on-coming car is even or odd!