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Articles by Shih-Diing Liu
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Casino Colony
in NLR 50, March-April 2008, pp. 109-124
Subjects: China , World Economy and Globalization , Cities
The transformation of the former Portuguese enclave of Macau into East Asia’s gambling capital by an alliance of local elites and Las Vegas entrepreneurs, under the approving gaze of Beijing. A frenzy of construction, rising inequalities and rampant corruption as outcomes of a neon-lit decolonization.
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