Vila Franca de Xira brings Portuguese neo-realism to Art Macao

A Portuguese artistic showcase highlighting the country’s distinctive neo-realist works is now on at the Tap Seac Gallery as part of Art Macao: Macao International Art Biennale, the Cultural Affairs Bureau has announced. Curated by David Santos...

Free services to clients total 63% of Macau gaming operators’ expenses in 2024

Free services provided to customers accounted for 63 percent of operating expenses among Macau’s gaming operators in 2024. The figures were released on Wednesday by the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) in its 2024 Gaming Sector Survey. The...

Business Brief (Sept. 17): Beijing to Expand Service Consumption

China’s Ministry of Commerce, along with eight other government agencies, has launched a series of policy measures aimed at boosting domestic service consumption. The measures focus on increasing financial support for consumer credit, expanding...

Govt to launch 1-million-pataca subsidy in ‘first store economy’ drive

The Macau government announced yesterday that it will launch a subsidy of up to one million patacas per beneficiary in its “first store economy” drive, with the aim of encouraging top brands from outside Macau to open their first stores here, with...

17th China-PSCs Cultural Week to include Beijing, Zhongshan first time

The 17th Cultural Week of China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (PSCs) is slated to run from September 26 through November 18, featuring art groups, artisans, and chefs from the Chinese mainland and nine PSCs, with programmes to be staged not...

Int’l Film Camp: an initiative that guides Asia’s aspiring filmmakers

Interview by Rui Pastorin At The Londoner Macao on Monday, eight winning filmmakers of the five-day International Film Camp (IFC) 2025 were announced, each receiving a HK$300,000 grant to produce their short films. The camp, hosted and organised...

2 tropical cyclones threaten S China Sea, T1 hoisted at midnight: SMG

The Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) announced in a statement yesterday that two tropical cyclones are forecast to enter the South China Sea between this weekend and next week. The observatory confirmed yesterday evening that a tropical...

Global Timber Forum to convene again in Macau

The Global Legal & Sustainable Timber Forum 2025 (GLSTF) is scheduled to take place at MGM COTAI on September 23-24, according to a statement provided yesterday by the Commerce and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM). The event, themed “From...

The fifth Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Culture and Arts Festival opens

GUANGZHOU, China, Sept. 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The fifth Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Culture and Arts Festival kicked off at the Guangzhou Opera House on the evening of September 16. The festival is jointly sponsored by the...

Portugal reinforces sound relations with China

Portuguese Prime Minister Luis Montenegro was the first foreign head of government to visit China following the September 3 commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression...

Film exposing Japan's WWII atrocities premieres in NE China's Harbin

Posters of the film Evil Unbound are seen at the Exhibition Hall of Evidence of Crime Committed by Unit 731 of the Japanese Imperial Army in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, September 17, 2025. /VCG Posters of the film Evil Unbound...

GEG and DSEDJ Promote Parenting Education and Launch School-Corporation Partnerships with Four Local Schools

DSEDJ and GEG sign the “Nurturing the Future Together” MOU to launch a parenting education training program for employees, strengthening collaboration in parenting and vocational education. The Education and Youth Development Bureau (“DSEDJ”) of...

Macau gaming 2024 gross surplus up 25pct y-on-y to US$18bln, but overall expenses up 18pct: govt

The Macau gaming sector’s gross surplus before taxes in 2024 rose 24.7 percent year-on-year to MOP143.12 billion (US$17.87 billion), though the overall cost of doing business also went up in the same period, and by 18.0 percent. Nonetheless, the...

Chinese mainland companies can leverage Hong Kong's strength to connect with global market, build corporate brands: HKSAR Chief Executive

Hong Kong file photo Chinese mainland-based companies can leverage Hong Kong's strength to connect with global buyers and build international brands, while Hong Kong will step up efforts in assisting Chinese mainland technology companies in...

China Focus: Film spotlighting Japan's WWII atrocities premieres in NE China's Harbin

HARBIN, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- "Evil Unbound," a film about Unit 731, held its world premiere on Wednesday in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, where this notorious Japanese germ warfare unit was once based, highlighting...

Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Act as Illegal Agent of the Chinese Government in the U.S.

Yuanjun Tang, 68, a naturalized citizen of the United States and resident of Flushing, Queens, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to act in the United States as an unregistered agent of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Image for illustration...

Double trouble: Macao readies for successive typhoons as two cyclones form

Macao and other cities in the delta are bracing for a double typhoon hit in the coming days, with a tropical cyclone currently intensifying over Luzon and another forming over the western North Pacific, to the east of the Philippines. The latter...

Macau’s distressed retail property volume set to climb, JLL says

The volume of distressed retail properties in Macau is expected to continue rising amid a tightening credit environment and broader economic uncertainties, including the phased closure of satellite casinos by year-end, property consultancy Jones...

china Hong Kong leader focuses on boosting economy, livelihoods

HONG KONG — Hong Kong leader John Lee pledged on Wednesday (Sept 17) to boost the city's economy, improve livelihoods and cement its role as an international centre, unveiling measures including developing a gold trading market. A former deputy...

A member of New York's Chinese dissident community has pleaded guilty to acting as an unregistered agent of China.

The pleaded person was identified as 68-year-old Yuanjun Tang. According to court documents, Tang is a former PRC citizen who was imprisoned in the PRC for his activities as a dissident opposing the one-party authoritarian political system...