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Series: Asian countries you never knew existed (Episode 2)


 Welcome beautiful men and handsome women to episode 2 of this series. For some of us that don't like school, we use this platform to remind ourselves that we know book small, as bad as e bad, e no too bad. If i decided to take a poll to find out the number of Asian countries we know, it cannot be more than 6 and if you now want to do like omni-knowest, it cannot be more than 10. We learn every day and the beautiful thing about knowledge is that it cannot be lost, except you fall down from a high place, break your head and lose your memory😐. 


Macau, Macau or Macao, officially the Macao special administrative region of the people's republic of China (MSAR), is another Asian country that i just found out about some hours ago. It is a special administrative region of China in the Western Pearl River Delta by the South China Sea, with a population of about 680,000. It is the most densely populated region in the world and was formerly a Portuguese colony. Initially named A Ma Gao by the Chinese after the patron goddess of sailors, the place was renamed Macau when the Portuguese took over in 1557, making it one of the first European colony in East Asia.
Macau means 'Gateway of the Bay' and it actually served as a trading gateway for the Portuguese for various goods. The region was handed over to China in 1999 by the Portuguese. Macanese (name of Macau's culture) is highly influenced by both Chinese and Portuguese cultures. The society is divided into three sections - Portuguese (who have emigrated from Portugal), Macanese (descendants of Portugal Chinese union) and Chinese (who are originally from China). It sounds fun, it's giving Nigeria with its blend of different cultures.
Macau's economy has always been strongly dependent on ties with China and Hong Kong. Macau imports virtually all its food items (and even its water) from the Chinese mainland. China in turn uses Macau as a gateway to the capitalist world, through which it imports and launders huge sums of unregistered money. They are definitely friends with benefits, laundering money effortlessly in broad daylight. Now i am feeling like Sherlock Holmes, i want to investigate this country of financial crimes more, i want to go undercover and destroy their Mafia. Should i?

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  1. AnonymousApril 28, 2023 at 10:14 AM

    Afro Sherlock Holmes, why not, I’m in

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