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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Doug M: [QB] Just a note on the idea of the Samoans being tropical "Chinese". Many people do not realize how much an impact European contact, disease, labor importation and migration have had in the Pacific. But in Samoa, the main colonial resource was Phosphorus and here, just as in the rest of the Pacific, the Europeans imported laborers from all over to do the work. In Samoa, the main populations brought in were CHINESE. Over time, these Chinese, because of Chinese government oversight, gained a legal status ABOVE that of the native people of Samoa. The Samoans had no representation, got paid no wages and were legally 3rd class citizens in their own country. [URL=http://books.google.com/books?id=Gt_RrCAkctwC&pg=PA109&lpg=PA109&dq=chinese+miners+samoa&source=bl&ots=_8nsBZVQCE&sig=fj9F1EU8y1Gt5p0L-wuHDwUlhz0&hl=en&ei=sz_DStnVApLslAeOgM3rBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CBoQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=chinese%20miners%20samoa&f=false]http://books.google.com/books?id=Gt_RrCAkctwC&pg=PA109&lpg=PA109&dq=chinese+miners+samoa&source=bl&ots=_8nsBZVQCE&sig=fj9F1EU8y1Gt5p0L-wuHDwUlhz0&hl=en&ei=sz_DStnVApLslAeOgM3rBA&sa =X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CBoQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=chinese%20miners%20samoa&f=false[/URL] In fact there has been a sometimes tense issue of Chinese migration to Samoa over the last 100 years. Starting with workers imported to work on German mines, to later migrations, Samoans have been trying hard to maintain their identity and culture from being overrun by foreigners, most of which is directly due to the influence of European capitalists. [QUOTE] The first Chinese arrived in Samoa as free settlers during the 19th century in small numbers until a ban was issued by Malietoa Laupepa 1880 to prevent people of Chinese descent from settling in Samoa. However, in 1903, Wilhelm Solf managed to acquire the support of the Samoan Fono and lifted Malietoa's ban, allowing Chinese coolies to work in the plantations as indentured labourers. However, coolies faced harsh conditions and were subjected to brutal treatment from their masters. Chinese immigrants were constituted almost entirely of men, and most of the labourers took Samoan women as wives and by 1918 offspring of Chinese-Samoan descent were a visible minority, although smaller in terms of population compared to offspring of European (particularly German) and Samoan descent.[11] This eventually led to a ban in 1931 that prohibited Chinese men from interacting with Samoan women on all grounds. By the end of World War II only 295 Chinese remained, all of whom had either taken Samoan wives or were unmarried. Many Chinese coolies had since returned to China or remained in Samoa with their families. In 1994, China provided financial assistance to the construction of the government building in Apia.[12] Aeau Peniamina, deputy leader of Samoa Democratic United Party, caused a minor controversy in January 2005 when he remarked that "there are too many Chinese in the country". Joe Keil, the Minister of Tourism, who is of part-Chinese descent, promptly rebutted Peniamina's remarks.[13] Samoans of Chinese descent are well-represented in the civil service,[14] and China established diplomatic relations with Samoa in November 1975.[15] People of Chinese descent are especially well represented in the retail and restaurant sectors, notably in Apia.[16] [/QUOTE]From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_in_Samoa [/QB][/QUOTE]
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