Macao Museum remembers pivotal industries
The incense, matches and firecrackers industries dominated the post-WWII economy of Macao until they were driven away by land shortages and high labour costs.
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Chinese businessmen at the forefront of early modernisation
In the short book ‘The Soul of Macao: A Study of Chinese Businessmen and Society in the Late Qing Dynasty’, Lin Guangzhi provides an insight into a group of businessmen who modernised Macao in the Qing dynasty.
A fearless martyr
Leung Yan-ming – a hero of the anti-Japanese movement who dedicated 33 years of his life to local education
Jesuit João Rodrigues Tçuzu: Scholar, Diplomat, and Adventurer
The Jesuit’s profound knowledge of Japan, where he spent 33 years of his life, earned him the nickname Tçuzu, or the Interpreter
Tea or cha?
It is little known that the rise of tea in Europe began with Macao with the 16th-century Portuguese priests.
Old Protestant Cemetery
On a plot of land on a hillside of the city’s centre lies a treasure house of Macao’s history
The China of wonder and marvels of Fernão Mendes Pinto
Peregrinação by Fernão Mendes Pinto reveals the difficulties of a Portuguese traveler in the 16th century and his thoughts on China
From scientist in Macao to founder of Singapore
José D’Almeida, Portuguese scientist in Macao, was one of the leading minds of the establishment of Singapore
