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Background Stats: compare key data on Germany & Macau

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  • Overview: A geopolitical overview of every sovereign country in the world, briefly examining their recent history and place on the global stage. The texts are taken from the BBC News website.
STAT Germany Macau
Overview <p>Germany is Europe&#039;s most industrialized and populous country. Famed for its technological achievements, it has also produced some of Europe&#039;s most celebrated composers, philosophers and poets.</p> <p>Achieving national unity later than other European nations, Germany quickly caught up economically and militarily, before defeats in World War I and II left the country shattered, facing the difficult legacy of Nazism, and divided between Europe&#039;s Cold War blocs.</p> <p>Germany rebounded to become the continent&#039;s economic giant, and a prime mover of European cooperation. With the end of the Cold War, the two parts of the country were once again united, although the economy of the former east continues to lag behind that of the former west.</p><br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17299607">Full Article</a> <p>Tiny Macau, a special administrative region of China, has seen its low-key colonial character give way to massive commercial and tourist development.</p> <p>The former Portuguese colony, a near neighbour of Hong Kong, occupies a small peninsula and two islands off China&#039;s southern coast.</p> <p>Its economy revolves around tourism. Macau has capitalised on its long history as a gambling centre, drawing many thousands of visitors from China and Hong Kong. </p><br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-16599919">Full Article</a>

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