Macau is the world’s most lucrative gambling destination, but Beijing wants it to diversify and do more to serve China’s economic ends.Credit...Qilai Shen for The New York Times Supported by ...

It and other casinos in Macau, the world’s largest gambling centre by revenue, were hit hard by the pandemic as China closed its borders. Tax receipts from the city’s gaming sector fell by 85% ...

Located on China’s southern coast, Macau returned to Chinese rule on Dec. 20, 1999, governed under the same “one country, two systems” formula as nearby Hong Kong.

BEIJING — The Asian gambling center of Macau will close all its casinos for ... Portuguese colony has been following a version of China's "zero-COVID" strategy, locking down buildings that ...