A Festive City
Macao doesn’t just preserve its heritage – it lives and breathes it. We explore how four of the city’s most cherished festivals together embody its distinctive cultural identity.
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Brewing a Cultural Shift
Macao’s café culture is undergoing a transformation, with imports of unroasted coffee beans nearly doubling between 2014 and 2024. We speak to people involved in two thriving specialty coffee shops to better understand how this shift is playing out on the ground.
‘Like Brothers’: Macao and Hong Kong’s Leaders Meet
Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai and Hong Kong’s leader, John Lee Ka-chiu, reaffirmed their commitment to the ‘One Country, Two Systems’ principle, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and each other in February.
Ne Zha 2 has Special Resonance in Macao
The Chinese animated movie Ne Zha 2 has set multiple box office records worldwide. For Macao, its arrival not only reconnects residents with their city’s rich cultural traditions surrounding Na Tcha, but can serve as inspiration for the local film industry.
How the Portuguese Helped Shape Hong Kong
The Portuguese began arriving in Hong Kong in the mid-19th century, many of them crossing the Pearl River Delta from Macao. A new exhibition at the Hong Kong Museum of History pays tribute to this community of high-achievers’ contributions to the city, through stories that are often buried beneath the city’s strong Sino-British narrative.’
Sam Hou Fai is Sworn in as Macao’s Chief Executive
The city’s new leader has pledged to uphold the ‘One Country, Two Systems’ principle, prioritise economic diversification and ensure Macao is making significant contributions to the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
President Xi Jinping: On Tour in Macao
The country’s leader spent three days of December in the Special Administrative Region (SAR), where he shared in the city’s celebrations as it marked a quarter century since its return to the motherland. The president used the opportunity to speak with locals from all walks of life. He also inaugurated Macao’s sixth-term government.
The Emperor Who Shaped an Era
This year’s collaborative exhibition between the Macao Museum of Art and the Palace Museum offers a glimpse into the life of Emperor Qianlong, a visionary leader proud to rule over a multi-cultural China during the High Qing period. “Palace of Double Brilliance” contains more than a hundred artifacts from Qianlong’s beloved home in the Forbidden City.
25 Years On: Macao is a Unique Chinese City
Life in Macao has improved dramatically since Macao’s return to the motherland in 1999. That is thanks to the successful implementation of the ‘One Country, Two Systems’ policy. With the strong support of the Central Government, the Macao SAR’s government and people from all walks of life have worked together to create the best development situation in Macao’s long history.
President Xi Jinping Meets Chief Executive-designate Sam Hou Fai in Beijing
During a three-day trip to the country’s capital in November, the Central Government officially appointed Sam Hou Fai as Macao’s sixth-term chief executive. In Beijing, President Xi Jinping conveyed his trust in Sam to fully and faithfully implement the ‘One Country, Two Systems’ policy.