Macau skyline of casinos.
Macau or Macao (officially the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China) is a city and a special administrative region of China in the western Pearl River Delta of South China Sea and counts with a population of 680,000[1].
Formerly a Portuguese colony, the territory of Portuguese Macau was first ceded by the Ming dynasty to Portugal as a trading post in 1557.
The Man with the Golden Gun filmed the casino scenes in Macau (that by then was the portuguese Autonomous Region of Macau).
History[]
Thunderball (novel)[]
In Thunderball Bond suspects of Lippe's connection to Macau's Red Lightning Tong mafia.
The Man with the Golden Gun (film)[]
In the movie Bond tracks Scaramanga to Macau, where he sees his mistress, Andrea Anders, collecting a golden bullet at the casino. Then Bond follows her to Hong Kong, where he witnesses Scaramanga murder Gibson (the missing scientist).
Skyfall (film)[]
After killing Patrice, Bond examines his briefcase and finds an anonymous payment in the form of a poker chip from a casino in Macau. Bond decides to visit the casino to cash it, knowing he will attract the attention of Patrice's employer.
James Bond Jr. (TV series)[]
Once a member of Macau's prominent criminal organization, the Raven Triad, Dr. No betrayed their trust; from then on the organization waged a personal vendetta against him.[2]
References[]
- ↑ Macao Population (2020) (en).
- ↑ Episode #17 "Appointment in Macau".