英语翻译英语高手们.帮个忙翻译一下.比较多....我着急用ThecommunityChineseinTahitiContrarytowhatwewouldhavebeenabletothinkatfirstsight,thehistoryofthecommunityChineseinFrenchPolynesiadidnotbeginwiththe
英语翻译
英语高手们.帮个忙翻译一下.比较多..
..我着急用
ThecommunityChineseinTahiti
Contrarytowhatwewouldhavebeenabletothinkatfirstsight,thehistory
ofthecommunityChineseinFrenchPolynesiadidnotbeginwiththe
introductionin1865Chinese"coolies""importedfortheoccasion,following
thecottonadventureofonebeginningScotcalledWilliamStewart.
Accordingtounconfirmedofficialsources,thefirstChinesewouldhave
arrivedinPolynésiefrom1830duringthebigChinesemigrationsatthesame
momentwestward(Singapore,Malaysia)andeastward(California,theHawaiian
Islands,Peru).
Certaintravelerswouldhavestoppedalongthewayontheislandsofthe
Pacificandwouldhavebasedsmallcoloniestheofficialhistoryofwhichdid
notkeeptracks
ThecooliesofStewartwouldsohavediscoveredtotheirbigsurprisethat
therewasalreadyontheislandofTahiti,somerestaurantsandthevestiges
ofaChinesetemple.Althoughitisthere,towardstheendofthefiascoof
Stewart'scottonplantation,mostofthecooliesreturnedinChina,following
inittheancestraltraditionandthemillenniumtodieonitsnativeearth.
AllthebeginningoftheXXthcenturywasmarkedbyonegoesandcomes
ceaselessofemigrantsbetweenChinaandthecircumferenceofthePacific.In
Polynésie,itwasontheotherhandthebeginningofChinese'sconsequent
arrivalwhichextendedtillthebeginningofthe1èworldwar.Itisforthat
reasonthattheAmericanethnologistR.V.Moenchdemonstratedwellthatthe
essentialoriginofthecurrentcommunityChineseofPolynésiedidnotbecome
establishedwiththecoolies,butindeedinthe1stquarteroftheXXth
century.