The second city in our tour of Asia, Macau will host the match between Chelsea and the Chengdu Blades (whose captain Wang Song is pictured in action, right) on July 26, which will also act as a fundraiser for victims of the Sichuan earthquake earlier this year.

As a club, we have built a number of significant relationships in China and Asia recently.

Last year we became the Official Football Development Partner of the Asian Football Confederation's Vision China grass roots project, part of their larger Vision Asia programme.

So far we have helped launch five of the planned 10 Vision China city leagues, in Nanjing, Wuhan, Qingdao, Zibo and Chengdu.

Like Chelsea, the city of Macau has a rich Portuguese influence, which continues today with a high number of Iberian settlers in the region.

Due to its location on the mouth of the Pearl River, it became an attractive place for Portuguese merchant explorers, and there are still a number of Portuguese links in the city, not least a 2.5km bridge, called the Nobre de Carvalho - perhaps a dedication to our own defender Ricardo…

Over the past 500 years or so, the city has been seen as a meeting point of eastern and western cultures, a natural place for trade to take place, and has a number of successful industries.

Textiles, electronics and toys are all produced in the region, but Macau is more famous for its world class tourism, with a plethora of restaurants, hotels and casinos.

With a population of around 500,000, Macau is a smaller city than Guangzhou where we start the tour. During the summer months it has an average temperature of 28.6C, and is located in the monsoon region, meaning high humidity and rain are a regular occurrence. The local time is eight hours ahead of the UK.

As for the stadium where the game will be played, the Macau Stadium, it is a smaller venue than Blues players and fans will be used to, with a capacity of around 15,000.

It was used in February as a training base by the Great Britain Olympic team, and was also the venue for Manchester United's friendly with Shenzhen FC in the summer of 2007.

Tickets are on sale for the game, with some proceeds going to aid the victims of the Sichuan earthquake.

For more information please call 00852 2314 2112, and be sure to click back on to chelseafc.com next week as we continue the build-up to the tour.

UK visitors to China should note that they will need a visa and China is substantially reducing the number of tourist visas it issues ahead of this summer's Olympic Games.

You will be able to watch the game in full on Chelsea TV, which is also first with all the news from Stamford Bridge on Sky channel 421.