by Xinhua writer Guo Likun
MACAO, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- Timothy Simpson never expected his stay in Macao would turn into such a long haul.
He arrived in 2001, thinking of it as a good stepping stone to greater adventure in Asia. Two decades later, the American from Alabama is firmly rooted in the city that has become his home.
"I came to Macao 18 months after its return to China in 1999," Simpson reca