Macau (Macau/Macao Special Administrative Region)

Macau Macau Special Administrative Region
Status	A Special Administrative Region of China
Capital	Macau
Land Area	28km21
Location	Asia
Population
GNI
ISO3166-1 Codes	MO, MAC, 4462
Internet Domain	.mo3
Currency	Pataca (MOP)4
Telephone	+8535

1. Overview
2. Macau's Human Rights, Equality & Tolerance
3. Macau's Modernity and Learning
4. Religion and Beliefs
5. Links

1. Overview

“Colonized by the Portuguese in the 16th century, Macau was the first European settlement in the Far East. Pursuant to an agreement signed by China and Portugal on 13 April 1987, Macau became the Macau Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the People's Republic of China on 20 December 1999. In this agreement, China promised that, under its "one country, two systems" formula, China's political and economic system would not be imposed on Macau, and that Macau would enjoy a high degree of autonomy in all matters except foreign affairs and defense for the next 50 years.”

CIA's The World Factbook (2013)₆

“The last outpost of the Portuguese empire, Macau still has a tangible Mediterranean feel. Nevertheless, Chinese culture shines through in this city state located at the mouth of the Pearl River. The Chinese people have stood up and they´re off to Macau. Chairman Mao (who coined the first half of that sentence) must be spinning in his glass coffin. Mainlanders can´t get enough of this once Portuguese-administered backwater-turned-gambling-megaresort.

Such has been its explosive growth since 2002 that it is commonplace to refer to Macau as the Vegas of the East. It might be more appropriate to put that the other way round, since Macau has eclipsed its American rival in gambling income.

And there are many other things that Macau does better. Beyond the gaming halls, it offers cobblestoned streets punctuated with Chinese temples and baroque churches, pockets of (natural) greenery, a historic centre of Unesco World Heritage status and balmy beaches.

Macau´s history has also created a one-of-a-kind cuisine that celebrates the marriage of European, Latin American, African and Asian flavours.”

"The World" by Lonely Planet (2014)₇

As a territory of China I do not have many specific statistics for this territory in its own right.

2. Macau's Human Rights, Equality & Tolerance

#homosexuality

Prejudice:

3. Macau's Modernity and Learning

#education #english #maths #modernity #research #science #technology #the_internet

Modernity and Education:

Technology and Information:

4. Religion and Beliefs

#buddhism #christianity #hinduism #islam #judaism

Data from the Pew Forum, a professional polling outfit, states that in 2010 the religious makeup of this country was as follows in the table below₂₀:

The CIA World Factbook has slightly different data, and states: Buddhist 50%, Roman Catholic 15%, none or other 35% (1997 est.)₂₁.

Links:

• A List of All Religions and Belief Systems