Macau reminded me, for some strange reason, of Andorra. Outwardly, they haven't got much in common: Andorra is a beautiful mountainous land set in the midst of the Pyrenees, and Macau is a hilly, humid, coastal resort. Perhaps it is the fact that neither would exist with any sort of independence or income if they hadn't learned to lure people there and take their money. In Andorra, which is fast becoming the Strip Mall of Europe, sales-tax-free shopping and its status as a tax haven bring in the foreign dollars. In Macau, it's the glittering towers of casino resorts that suck
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