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...Guangzhou that perform tens of thousands of abortions every year. They draw pregnant women from across China, and beyond. "Women come from Hong Kong for treatment all the time," says a tired gynecologist at the Guangzhou Area People's Hospital. "They even fly in from Beijing, Singapore and Macau...
...appears to be cozying up to Taiwan despite President Jiang Zemin's policy of openness towards the West. The race is on right now to succeed Jiang, and the conservatives will use stronger U.S.-Taiwan ties against the reformists. Now that they have Hong Kong and Macau back, Taiwan has become more of an obsession for the Chinese...
...freely available and thrillingly cheap. E sells for $10 and tranquilizer pills, which cost $4 in Hong Kong, can be bought for 10 cents. In the past three years, seizures of these drugs have risen tenfold. In a single weekend in March, police in Hong Kong, Macau and Guangdong jointly raided 10,000 bars and nightclubs, arresting 1,411 people and seizing 307 kg of ice and 47,747 ecstasy pills. But Hong Kong police concede they're unable to stop the flood of drugs from across the border, which are often hauled back by teenagers to pay for their...
Ever since Europe sailed to Asia in the 16th century, Eurasians have populated entrepots like Malacca, Macau and Goa. The white men who came in search of souls and spices left a generation of mixed-race offspring that, at the high point of empire building, was more than one-million strong. Today, in Malaysia's Strait of Malacca, 1,000 Eurasian fishermen, descendants of intrepid Portuguese traders, still speak an archaic dialect of Portuguese, practice the Catholic faith and carry surnames like De Silva and Da Costa. In Macau, 10,000 mixed-race Macanese serve as the backbone...
...Heinecke doesn't have time for the naysayers. He's a man who thrives on gut instinct and speed. His hobby, after all, is racing cars?he has competed in the Macau Grand Prix and set a speed record driving from Singapore to Bangkok?so he was energized when the Pizza Company shot out of the starting blocks. "We went from zero to 70% market share in our first weekend,'' he says. His new company even set a record for pizza deliveries in a single day. But a weekend skirmish doesn't decide a war. Heinecke contends that Tricon...