[DOC] [TLE] Paris comes to Asia's casino hub Macau with new Sands resort [PAR] Sep 13, 2016 ... MACAU (AP)  The southern Chinese casino gambling powerhouse ... Parisian 
Macao, the mogul's fifth property in the former Portuguese colony. ... of 20 famous 
Paris landmarks, the biggest of which is a half-size replica of the Eiffel Tower. ... 
controls by lending money to wealthy visitors from the mainland. [DOC] [TLE] Macau - Wikipedia [PAR] Macau spelled Macao officially in English, officially the Macao Special 
Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, is an autonomous 
territory on the western side of the Pearl River Delta in China. Macau is also 
bordered by the city of Zhuhai in Mainland China to the North ... In 1557, Macau 
was rented to Portugal from Ming China as a trading port. [DOC] [TLE] Macao's gambling boom turns sour - The New York Times [PAR] Dec 25, 2008 ... Gambling, illegal on the mainland, is allowed here under China's "one ... Big 
hotel and casino construction projects stand half-finished, most notably ... There 
just are not enough visitors willing to pay $13.80 for the ... "That's what really 
worries me - the VIP gaming revenues are coming off," Daswani said. [DOC] [TLE] visualizing gambling trends - 888.com [PAR] Apr 6, 2016 ... Each year, visitors flock to the glamorous city (the only spot for legal gambling in 
... (Like many social networks, Instagram is blocked in mainland China, ... a 
number of up-and-coming gambling hubs: Singapore exceeded 5,000 posts; Sao 
.... Nearly half of the gambling-related Instagram posts we examined... [DOC] [TLE] Chips down | The Economist [PAR] Jan 17, 2015 ... The boom has given the sleepy former Portuguese colony the ... Nearly half its 
output is linked to gaming. ... Many of the high-rollers from the mainland gamble 
with the ... China's president, Xi Jinping, is among those who say Macau ... They 
might attract more visitors of the ordinary kind, who would try out... [DOC] [TLE] Macau: Gambling Away the Future on China's Doorstep - FPIF [PAR] Jun 12, 2014 ... The prosperous Chinese region of Macau is gambling away its ... With Macau's 
workforce increasingly dependent on Chinese gamblers from the mainland, the 
city ... Casinos in this former Portuguese colony, which returned to China in ... air 
pollution from casino shuttles serving the city's 29 million visitors,... [DOC] [TLE] Macau travel guide - Wikitravel [PAR] It became Portuguese colony effectively after the treaty signed by the Qing and ... 
The tourist industry has also diversified - instead of casinos, Macau is also ... 
Macau has a separate immigration regime from mainland China and Hong Kong. 
.... This is a new ferry terminal building after its former Pier 14 site was given to... [DOC] [TLE] Watching Portugal's Euro 2016 Win From Its Former Colony ... - Time [PAR] Jul 10, 2016 ... Portugal soccer fans watched their team and celebrated their Euro 2016 ... just as 
the star was coming to the realization that he was injured and would ... now to 
about half a million people  was handed over to mainland China. ... moved to 
Macau three-and-a-half years ago after visiting his brother here,... [DOC] [TLE] Macau at 10: Can Asia's Gambling Mecca Industry Stay on Its Hot ... [PAR] Dec 20, 2009 ... Can Asia's Gambling Industry Continue to Thrive? ... the former Portuguese 
colony near Hong Kong was a very different place. ... Unlike its neighbor, 
however, Macau is fully dependent on mainland China for its steady stream of 
tourists. ... visitors coming into Macau fell for the first time in five and half years. [DOC] [TLE] Macau  gaming capital of the world | Travel | The Guardian [PAR] May 11, 2011 ... Its casino industry dwarfs Las Vegas, thanks to millions of Chinese ... The 
overnight success of Macau's casino industry was more than a century and a half 
in the making. ... to a close and Portugal prepared to hand the colony to the 
mainland. .... The truth

Question: About half of the visitors to this former Portuguese colony are mainland Chinese coming to gamble
Answer: Macao