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Contents 1 Coat of Arms 2 Why was the return refused? 3 English Names for Chinese cities 4 Why no mention of gambling

[edit] Coat of Arms

Do anyone know how did the coat of arms of the concelho council of Santo Nome de Deus de Macau (the city of Holy Name of God. No One More Loyal) before being scrapped look like?

[edit] Why was the return refused?

Does anyone know why China refused to accept the return of the colony 1966 and 1974? I can think of many possible reasons, but I'd like to know the official and real ones. Mlewan 17:54, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

It was publicly said that since it was still not clear Hong Kong would be handed to the PRC by 1974, the PRC government decided to postpone the fate of Macau. In the case of 1966, many pundits in Chinese circle believe Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai still wanted to use Macau and Hong Kong as windows to the West and places to plan and stage intelligence work against Taiwan. Besides, they know the market economies of these two regions were what propped up the PRC, through emergency monies posted back to the mainland by the relatives in Hong Kong and Macau. The pro-Beijing insiders have neither confirmed nor denied this hypothesis, meaning they tactily confirm the reality of this theory.--JNZ 10:27, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] English Names for Chinese cities

Should we change the Chinese cities' name to the ones that were in use at the time the historical settings took place? For instance, we should say Canton rather than Guangzhou in the context of events that took place prior to 1949. It would be inappropriate to talk of Leningrad in the context of 1905 aborted revolution, and The Siege of St. Petersberg is similarly absurd. --JNZ 10:27, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Why no mention of gambling

Most people today know ONLY about macau gambling, but yet there is no mention of that here? With Macau on the verge of becoming larger than the las vegas strip, I think it should be included as well. I only heard some things about the guy who started the casinos there, and not sure what is actual facts. Anyone else ?? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.50.18.154 (talk) 03:52, 17 October 2007 (UTC)