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The food for which the enclave is renowned traces the route by which the Portuguese came to Macau--past Africa, the southern Middle East, Goa and Malacca--and by the ingredients available on the south China coast.
CNN: ASIANOW - TIME Asia | Visions of China: Macau
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Ideas for new measures abound at America's Treasury Department, which realised the strength of financial sanctions in 2005, when it designated a Macau-based bank, Banco Delta Asia, as a money-laundering concern because of its banking services to dodgy North Korean individuals and firms and later cut it off from any dealing with American banks.
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Start at the top at Kochi--or Cochin, as it used to be known--a sleepy Macau-like port where the Portuguese set up trading depots in the 16th century until they were pushed out by the Dutch in 17th century. (They, in turn, were shoved aside by the British in the 18th century.) For the best views of the city, take a ride on a wooden launch.
CNN: ASIANOW - TIME Asia | Travel Watch | Afoot and Afloat, Kerala Is Worth the Journey