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Macao's Barrier Gate and gambling amid the Portuguese enclave
National Geographic sketches Macao as a historic Far East crossroad where fan tan, opium, and lottery finance a colonial government. It praises the Barrier Gate, the grotto of Camoens, and the lively Sunday plazas, while noting troop contrasts and the craft of firecrackers.
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