The Chinese community is quite present in Saint Martin: why have the funny idea of coming to this small island when China is so large?
A Chinese interpreter was willing to help Faxinfo meet Liang, who has been running a Chinese grocery store in Concordia for 10 years. Neither she nor her husband speak French and their English is very basic. As everyone here is bilingual and accustomed to understanding the gibberish of others as long as it is pronounced with kindness, she manages to run her business well. Liang came to follow her husband, whom he met in China and who himself came to follow friends. After all, Saint-Martin is the "Friendly Island"! She misses her family of course and depending on the business, she goes to see them every year or every two years, but she does not regret coming. Her 10 year old granddaughter speaks French, and as she says "her happiness is here". The grocery store is working well, it gets its supplies from Dutch wholesalers and the only thing not to be sold is Chinese noodles. So much the better, she loves it! _HM
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