The compositions of ethnic groups in Macau vary with time. Prior to the opening of the port, the majority of the residents in Macau were Chinese people, including those living on land and at sea. After the port was opened, with the increase of Portugal businessmen and missionaries, the population was divided into Chinese people and foreigners (so-called ‘Yiren’ or 夷人in Chinese). Chinese people living on land were mainly of Hakka, Fujian, and Cantonese descent. Those living at sea were referred to as ‘Tanka People’ (named ‘Danmin’ or 蜑民in Chinese). They lived on floating boats for their entire lives and were similar to the ‘drifters’ in Japan. Since modern times, many refugees from mainland China and Southeast Asia flooded into Macau due to warfare. The development of industrialization required a larger number of laborers, and some ‘coolies’ entered Macau in legal or illegal ways, making it a multi-ethnic city. However, the Tanka people were not considered a minority ethnic group under the national ethnic policy of 56 ethnic groups since they did not have an exclusive language and shared dialects in different regions. As the ports inhabited by Tanka people gradually restored foreign trade, the boats and stilt houses used by Tanka people were dismantled to expand the infrastructure area of the ports. Many Tanka people began to live on land and marry people on land, leading to the disappearance of the Tanka group in Macau. The fishing boats and stilt houses used by Tanka people have also disappeared, with only a few remaining in areas such as Pearl River Delta and Hong Kong. This paper examines the natural and social environment of Tanka people in Macau from the Ming and Qing dynasties to the Republic of China, as well as the adaptive changes they adopted for the aforementioned environment in terms of living space and architectural type, on the basis of summarizing the historical activities of Tanka people. Finally, this study provides a layout plan and interior structure of the most commonly used boat for Tanka people from the Ming and Qing dynasties to the Republic of China, with the use of CAD and other technical software, along with reference to written historical documentation, and provides a case study for further research on the architectural history of Macau's inner harbor cities, from anthropological and folklore perspectives.

The regulation of digital financial assets has been a topic of discussion for many countries over the last decade. China is among the world leaders in the digitalization and blockchain technologies. Under the “one country, two systems,” two different approaches to the digital financial assets have been implemented in the PRC. Although the COVID-19 pandemic has stimulated many investors to diversify their investment portfolios to include digital financial assets, the People’s Bank of China has not changed its prohibitive position on tokens and cryptocurrencies and even launched a campaign against miners and crypto exchanges. Macau and Taiwan have also prohibited initial coin offerings and the transfer of cryptocurrencies due to the risks of money laundering connected with the citizens of mainland China. Macau, Taiwan, and the Monetary Authority of Hong Kong have implemented less stringent regulations of digital financial assets. Comparative analysis demonstrates that Hong Kong acts as an intermediary for China to the digital financial assets.

홍콩과 마카오 지역에서 시행되는 유아교육과 초중등교육에서 시행되는 모든 교육은 번체자를 사용하고 있으며, 이 지역에서 출판되는 신문과 잡지 또한 대부 분 번체자를 사용하고 있다. 그러나 홍콩, 마카오 지역과 중국 대륙 사이의 교류가 점점 활발해 짐에 따라 민간에서 사용되는 간화자의 비율은 점점 높아지고 있으 며, 여러 곳에서 번체자와 간화자가 함께 사용되는 현상이 늘어나고 있다. 또한홍 콩고시평가원에서는 공개적으로 공식적인 시험에서 표준화된 간화자를 사용할 수 있다고 명확히 표명하여, 홍콩의 중학생들의 학습과 한자 쓰기에 대한 심리적 태 도에 일정한 영향을 미쳤다. 홍콩대학생의 간화자 사용에 대한 정확한 상황을 조 사하기 위해서 우리는 설문지를 세 부분으로 나누어 조사하여 보았다. 우선 2백여 개의 상용 간화자를 이용하여 학생들의 간화자 분별 능력을 조사하였고, 다시 5백 여개의 간화자를 선정하고 이를 이용하여 어휘를 작성하여 학생들의 간화자 분별능력을 조사하였다. 세 번째로 백 여개의 간화를 이용하여 학생들이 간화자를 올 바르게 쓰는가를 측정하였다. 조사 결과는 홍콩과 마카오의 대학생들의 간화자에대한 분별 능력과 쓰기 능 력을 보여주었는데, 홍콩과 마카오 대학생 대부분이 중국 대륙의 간화자를 분별하 였으나 한자를 쓰는데 있어서는 종종 홍콩식 간화자, 곧 대륙의 간화자형이 아닌 간화자를 사용하기도 하였다. 이는 향후 홍콩과 마카오의 어문 교육에 있어서 참 고할 만한 사실로, 한자쓰기 교육을 강화하여 학생들에게 홍콩식 간화자를 사용치 않도록 주의를 기울여야 함을 말해 주고 있다.

This paper aims to contribute to the existing literature about social influence on products purchase intention. Specifically, it focuses on social influence among young adults’ purchase intention for luxury products, through investigation about Macau young adults consumption culture. Three types of social influence (informational influence, utilitarian influence, and value-expressive influence) are examined in this study. In terms of product conspicuousness, two types of luxury products can be identified based on the degree to which products usage is performed in public versus private. Hypotheses include that informational influence, utilitarian influence, and value-expressive influence will be significantly and positively related to consumer purchase intention for luxury products, both publicly and privately consumed. A convenient sample of 120 Macau young adults aged 18 to 24 participated in this study. The result of Regression and Analysis of Variance indicated that consumers have been affected by different types of social influence when they purchase different types of luxury products. Value-expressive influence is significantly and positively related to purchase intention for public products. Moreover, both informational influence and value-expressive influence are significantly and positively related to purchase intention for private luxury products. However, the effects of utilitarian influence are insignificant to both public and private luxury products, which are contrary to the hypotheses specified in this study and surprising findings about contemporary Chinese culture. Additionally, female has higher intention to buy luxury products. Based on the results of this study, marketing implications and managerial insights in the luxury retail market are recommended accordingly. Future research can provide a more comprehensive perspective of social influence than the exploratory one offered in the present study.