Chinese Businesses in Samoa
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- Опубліковано 23 чер 2018
- This documentary meets the descendants of the people that changed the face of Samoa and takes a look at the potential problems that come with the new wave of Chinese arriving in Samoa today.
Despite the history, the newest wave of Chinese to arrive in Samoa has upset a lot of the locals.
Taking businesses that should be set aside for Locals, skirting laws set up to prevent them from doing so and funnelling money out of the Samoan economy, are just some of the issues being voiced by Samoans.
Credits
Directed & Edited by Tuki Laumea
Producer - Lisa Taouma
DOP Camera - Jack Tarrant
Sound Operator - Will Voigt
Photos courtesy of Tony Brunt via private collections, Turnbull Library and the Museum of Samoa.
Made with the support of NZ On Air
Watch the full documentary 'Dragons in Paradise' on the CoconetTV here: www.thecoconet.tv/know-your-ro... - Розваги
Samoa won its independence, don't lose it now . Faavae I le Atua Samoa 🙏
99.99% of the old Chinese are Samoans and we should all embrace our uniqueness way of living in a society where ones culture influences the other for a better way of life and learning for all, they have my utmost respect and alofa. The newly arrived Chinese are of a different breed, people is not a factor for their business model, money is. The Australian Government and the US are currently have issues of concerns in the way the Chinese are slowly influencing Universities and big Companies in the Hi Tech area. It is good that we are now talking about the new wave of Chinese and the concerns of our local businesses, it is too late now to back off from the commitment that the Samoa Government has entered into with the Chinese Government, But, I know Samoan people do not give up easily too, so, something has to give and I hope it is for a better Samoa. GOD BLESS SAMOA, ma lo'u fa'aaloalo lava.
Samoa Mo Samoa. Period. I don’t care what partial ancestry I have whether it is palagi or Chinese, I will also fight for tagata mao’i
Yup be careful your home will turn out like my home land Aotearoa/New Zealand
Thing is NZ is alright but samoa with Chinese is no good
@@jaykingzjrt7863 Elaborate.
Chinese Samoan are same as every Samoan , I'm Jewish Samoan so still proud Samoan...
No matter what anyone says ur still a samoan to us🤙
Samoa should look into building a school to teach the people trade, business, market investment and agricultural trade. But they’ll run the risk of being labeled racists.
Use the words national security to push it through. That why their is no racism.
We have APTC and the local Don Bosco have welding, plumbing classes etc
There is no racism in Samoa,plety of fiapoko and ignorant lot we have but not racists.
they are NOT doing it, they even ask Chinese for help on that, Chinese are helping Samoan to develop arguiculture in Samoa, and you dumbass is here wishing Samoan can help themselves. Samoan are selfish and obses, they eat themselves to dead! they own the import business and all the import is cheap meat from AU, NZ and canned food from America, SPAM!!! to feed their own people fat junk so their own can extinct faster. Samoan are very racist people, the far right Samoan are super racist.
Samoa Chinese are smart to run.the business around the world. To bu ilt the economy same at samoa hope samoa the better life to live
I am Chinese Samoan 3rd generation and I am proud of my heritage and culture both sides.
How ever in the current climate and new generation of Chinese government. The goal is overpowerment.
A world war 3 is coming in our century, whether we like it or not and if we are not careful we will become war prisoners in our own countries and that is the very reason for setting up shop in every struggling country and enticing them with new new development and ever growing possibilities. All in the while trapping them in a large debt, that we can never pay off.
So to the Samoan government.... please careful with all the give and takes. The cost will always be more then what it's worth and our grand parents and great grandfather did not sacrifice all they have suffered for to give life to our new tomorrow for us to end up as war prisoners. Remember time has change and the cruelty back in world war 2 is going to nothing compared to was us coming and we let them in the front door with open arms.
I pray I am wrong.
For I really do love my Chinese heritage too.
I’ve noticed in Samoa there’s a lot of Chinese businesses compare to Samoan businesses! The majority of Chinese who is speaking in our language is great, but Samoa needs to be careful that the Chinese don’t run it!!!
Blame the Government they owe the Chinese Government millions in Loans.
Rita Rehman we need the Chinese 🇨🇳 in Samoa as they bring there knowledge , expertise , gifts & wonderful $$$$ donations for our struggling tiny nation . PM Tuilaepa Malielegaoi is the greatest PM as we must respect his decision's !!!!! .... malo
Why do Chinese need to speak Samoan language? and still, Loan $1.3bn to lazy Samoans? help Samoan with agriculture, and not given the slightest respect? by DON'T RUN the country you mean they shouldn't be given any political power, not even VOTE right even they are naturalized citizen? So basically you people are like the Javanese and Malay? you ain't related but isn't this selfish and sneaky, you want Chinese to work and lend you money and what do they get in return? how about Samoan work harder and pay back Beijing the money and ask for no more help from the Chinese? I think that's better, I don't think the Samoans deserve any help from China.
@@kimjongun269 $1.3billion dollar loan from 3 east asian banks, do your research bro!
Chinese are taking over the world same thing happening in Jamaica
Just an advice to the new Samoan generation all over the world. Knowledge is power and that is what we need to protect our country from different countries that are trying to take over are country.
There would be no pork buns, chop sui and kung fu films if it wasn't for the early Chinese in Samoa..
Totally agree absolutely please love them for who they are and except them like Jesus Christ did
Agreed.
Met Alot of amazing Chinese people in my life time. But they are the small minority.
The fact of the matter us, the Chinese government is different from their people.
When your the most financially strongest country in the world and still not able to provide Medicare and meet your people's basic needs. What does that say. When your you work 12 to 20hrs and only get paid 1 dollar an hr. Even in the year 2020. What does that say.
The Chinese government is able to afford to lend millions and even billions dollors to one country another and even more to another and yet be able to take care of it's own people.
How is that not an alarm or sign of concerns for our national community to then take a step back and re think the deals they are ultimately signing generation and generation and generation of debts. Because they will not be here to see that debt be paid of. It will be your great great great great great grad kids that will end up , if ever paying this debt of.
So as god said. Love thy neighbour.
But he never said. To be stupid about.
So SAMOA. pls CAREFUL.
typical samoan, thinking about the food.. eh
Samoa to Western Samoa to Samoa to Chinese Samoa in 10 years. My Chinese grandfather had three Samoan wives.
Gawd damn. 😂
When did the first wave of Chinese arrive? I've seen black and white film where these Samoan women appeared to be Chinese but practicing full Samoan culture and garb?
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Samoans need to protect their land and their culture. There’s a lot of Chinese in Upolu, the people of Samoa need to put in a law where only Samoans born and raised in Upolu can buy land. I think the Chinese in now days are different from Chinese in those days. I think most Chinese business that are coming in today only wanted money, they take that money back to China it doesn’t stay in Samoa. All I’m saying, think about your kids future.
Different generations, the old wave of Chinese were more understanding and respectful where as in this day and age because China is overpopulated they are in need to spread out and therefore come in with dominance to expand
They've already found a way to take over a country without war but with economical domination
They Doing The Same Thing In Rarotonga
As a 1st generation U.S-born Samoan, I'm all too familiar to the difficulties of balancing immigration integration, and immigration assimilation...I understand the Samoans with the Chinese descendants that think being against "The New Dragon Wave" is racist...what they don't understand, China was not what it was back then...Samoa however, is pretty much in the same global standing it was back then (comparatively speaking)...when Communist China has 260 nukes, and Samoa has none, trust me, the racism argument is not apple to apples
Apart from the drama the video production in this is beautiful 🙏🏽 captured amazing scenes of my homeland and mo vaaiga e pele i le fatu 🤍🌺🇼🇸
Samoa needs to stop buying fala Saina but weaving tapito and falalilii
Same in kiribati
samoa and tongan mixed asians
We should all celebrate the end product of our past, Samoa is a very special place in the Pacific,where else in the pacific that their Island was build by a mixture of different people, Germans,Chinese, Solomons, Palagi, Afakasi, Samoan, etc..Gods plan was to have this special mix just enough to build a special land called Samoa. We are spending too much time complaining rather than praying. How lucky I am to be be the product of the above, Pray for the Leaders of our Samoa.
Man that's right (Uso) keep the mother land for the (Children and Culture) strong
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Protect the Samoans island is very important and keep clean -very important
Im a lebanesse samoan, but i am always a FULL samoan to myself,
I really liked this. 👌
Keep it 💯% POLYNESIAN or end up like Hawaii
How is Hawaii bad? They have a booming economy. Their culture is also still alive to this day.
@@llxllreaperllxll3563 More like booming homelessness, cost of living, gas prices, housing prices and overpopulation. This especially has a negative impact on the Native Hawaiians. Their culture is on life support. Barely any full blooded Hawaiians left, limited native power on their own land and the Hawaiian Language is endangered, they have to send Hawaiian kids to immersion classes to save it.
I have no qualms with the Chinese that have been in Samoa before 2000,those well known Chinese families worked hard for their businesses and we can't discriminate against them because they earned what they worked hard for but its the new wave of Chinese thats becoming a concern. Because unlike the Chan Mows,Ah Chongs,Ah Likis,LeiSam's etc who set up retails and wholesale shops supplying small local business and small village shops the new wave came with millions and buy out almost every village shop and set up big retail and wholesale shops and taking over our trades not only in Apia but the small villages making it impossible for the small operators to compete and make any profit for themselves. As Lautafi stated we need investors but there needs to be regulations and control in place to make sure they do not suffocate local businesses
Yes there is a difference between the old Chinese from the original generation and the new Chinese.
Be careful, beware, Beautiful Beloved Samoa.
Why dont Samoans just do what the chinese do for their people instead of just flat out banning them.... form a group, buy land for so and so and have that person pay it back while continuing to save and work hard.... Thats so genius...
It is perfectly within the Samoan government's natural right as a governing body to protect the interests of it's current constituents in the best manner it sees fit; In the same way it is the Chinese immigrant's (and any individual for that matter) right to search and work for prosperity in the most lucrative form possible for himself and his dependents . If both exercise their respective natural rights just shy of intentional infringement of the other's prosperity, an equilibrium should be within reach... Obviously easier said than done, but still a point worth making. Especially after hearing that naive afakasi lady's position on the matter. The past (while a useful example to be learned from) is the past. Any lessons learned from it are to be tempered by the rapid development of contemporary society in the age of information technology. To expect the Samoan government to welcome all Chinese business even at the expense of it's constituents naive. Your welcome.
Be careful samoa be careful.
It's good for Samoa for China to invest. The Samoans can protect themselves by having laws that cannot allow more that 50 % foreign ownership. Etc
Agreed the law protecting our land and ppl but when the government greedy they sold our land to China 🇨🇳 is sad hope this 2021 will change for good
This is old right?
I love the way Samoa Salina family s help Samoa to do pisinisi with love that's why they do well n I'm so proud of them God bless them all faafetai lava n that's my true story amen
Big wealthy countries took advantage of smaller populated islands and countries back then early days....hard to fight against a much developed and militarized country...
I’m samoan chinese
ke le care?
Polynesians should be owning the businesses not East Asians And other Non Polynesians
Its not racist at all, to understand that Somoa belongs to the Samoans and they should be 99% of the retailers! Somoan gentics are very beautiful and I hope they date within their specific culture or African-Americans!
interesting
This exactly what is happening in Solomon Islands.
Samoa mo Samoa.
Beautiful ❤️💯🔥
My grandfather related to Amau I miss you my beautiful country.
Who is your grandfather if you don’t mind me asking??
We are fine with them but Samoa just needs to upgrade before they do, 70% of our shops probably belong to Chinese but our people want to be the 70%. We have been independent for many years and we don't want to ever be ruled again, So that's why Samoans have a right to speak up and say that we would like to grow and develop before they do. Not being racist or anything but we would like our country to be great and so we are still building on it but I don't think our Samoan Oldies want the Chinese to take over.
Fa'afetai lava
miss ignorant has a nice comfortable seat! not surprising. Just a great display of how people who live comfortable lifestyles are so ignorant to what's really happening right under their noses.
Exactly.
China has rebuilt Somalia and its infrastructure as it has with so many other smaller countries. There is a price to pay and it isn’t cheap. Samoans are better off not allowing them in. But it’s hard when those in power are easily led down the path of greed allowing more foreign shops to set-up in Samoa. How much do they contribute to the economy?
The OGs Chinese helped building and developing Samoa in some ways have my respect 1000% I have a lot friends back home that are Samoan Chinese but I'm on the fence with new waves of Chinese just like anything else there's good and bad just as long as there for the right reasons. Chinese people are hard working and business people I give em that it's in their blood they provide our people jobs and opportunities we gotta respect them for that but for us most importantly need to stay firm, strong to protect our lands our cultures and the future of Samoa 🇼🇸 one love y'all alofa aku take care fam and God bless
are there alot of chinese in samoa?
There it is...its racist😳
I understand your bias, I really do. Your grandfather worked his but off and assimilated to Samoan culture. This new wave of Chinese will possibly put YOUR family out of business and doesn't give a crap about Samoa. Good luck.
Looks like another MAU is on a Rise......... Mau a pule 1908 - German occupation of Samoa (1900-1914) Under the Leadership of Lauaki Mamoe Namulauulu {Fogapoa Village / Safotulafai district - Faasaleleaga in Savaii} - Le Mau...British occupation of Samoa under N.Z. Administration Under the Leadership of Tupua Tamasese Lealofi III & Olaf Fredrickson (1914-1962).... Carefull Samoa, Learn from our Past...there is always a catch...OUR RESOURCES. Samoa mo Samoa Forever. Aua le faamuamuaina tupe i lo tatou Atunuu, Money may be Power but our Aiga - Faasamoa Culture and Atunuu is all the riches we need as SAMOANZ. It's what makes us POlYNESIANS OF ALL POLYNESIAN.
It's true you'r culture and your land and the people of Samoa is very important l love ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ my Samoa from California.
Samoas Prime Minister's got Chinese blood???
I was born in American Samoa. Chinese people is not the problem. Samoan people doesn't know how to run business with out having church, friends and family members IOU. Samoan business shut down due to IOU..lol. now days you can't pay electric, phone, internet, water and anything else with a Thank you or ie koga.. Those days are long gone...
This upsets me that China is overstepping their welcome into Samoa.I really hope that Samoa holds onto their Independence and Traditions. Samoa is 🇼🇸, and should stay that way, the most friendliest culture in the world, don't allow China to destroy that. They have already taken parts of the state I live in, in the U.S. with their little and big stores, they generally cater to their own people, and they're RUDE! I'll admit that my great great great grandfather was a Chinese immigrant, in Samoa. Finding this out not too long ago was hard for me to accept, I really don't care for the Chinese that are here in the U.S. They have hidden agendas, you will see them build homes and hide Chinese women in those homes to impregnate them so they have Samoa borned babies and use them to claim whatever they can, that's what they are doing here, in the U.S., and the U.S. is turning a blind eye to the Chinese take over, for what? $$$$$, that's what, and now this COVID19 BS has the U.S. looking at China in a different way...SAMOA DIDN'T ASK THE CHINESE TO COME TO SAMOA, THE CHINESE WERE TAKEN THERE BY A DIFFERENT COUNTRY!! And now China wants to breed wherever they can to take over the world!! I may have 00.01% Chinese blood in me, but I'm 100% Samoan Heart and Soul!!! I don't owe the Past, ANYTHING, to China. Peace Out 😎🤙
They're everywhere in the South Pacific doing all they can for the takeover. I myself is from the US but SAMOA to the bone. We're a very Prideful ppl Loving, Friendly, Caring and quick tempered but also quick. to Forgive. I hope SAMOA get it right by booting they ass out of SAMOA.
It's either the Chinese or the white man
I agreed wholeheartedly with you even though my grandfather is chinese
@@sirjuju4766 I'm a Canadian of Chinese descent, and I loved Samoans until I've seen this comment section who are full of ignorant people. Chinese people make up only about 0.1% of the population while Europeans make up 0.4%. You are a xenophobe. Why are you only picking out Chinese people while Europeans are also living there? Why don't you wake the hell up and stop looking down on us Chinese? Sure the Chinese mightve built shops in Samoa(I'm sure there aren't even too many) but I guess it's okay for American Samoa to be controlled by the U.S. With all due respect, you are an idiot.
@Tu pu'u Chinese are taking over US? What the hell? I thought the US is supposed to be an indigeneous land and the White people are supposed to be the one taking over.. Anyways. Would you care if Europeans are immigrating over to the US? No, because they are white and they can be blended in as an American naturally. ARE CHINESE THE ONES CLAIMING WHATEVER THEY CAN OR ARE THE EUROPEANS DOING SO? WAKE UP DUDE! Chinese people built the transcontinental railroad in the U.S. Please respect the fact that even though we have done so much in North America, we have been banned from immigrating there multiple times. Also, saying that ALL chinese people are rude is so stereotypical, that's literally like saying all white people are racists and colonizers. I pray that you'll get out of your negative mindset soon. Anyways, I don't have anything against Samoa or Samoan people but I'm very disappointed of the xenophobic comments such as this made to the ethnic Chinese. Peace out, lots of love to Samoa and the US from a Canadian Chinese.
Sovereignty first, don't let free trade and capitalism confuse it with national securities and sovereignty....it will be CCP sending business people not China itself...do not sell Samoa to any foreign govt. not even a single real estate...but always keep a good relationship with China 2 things can be true at once
Manaia le polokalame. O nai Saina ia o Tagata Samoa. Oute ola ifo ua leva na iai Asamu Ah Mau Ah Yek. Fong. E le o se meafou ua leva. Ua afu fo'i le tautua o nai ia aiga ia Samoa.
I never forget those Chinese already there before i was born too
Ua makua kele lo latou to be honest looking back at where they were before some of the shops are not there it's so sad i said to myself we are loosing them
Toe foi le atunuu faalogo oiai pea latou tamai pisigisi fiafia ai lava le loto ona o loo iai lava latou i Samoa
I'm just concern to the new generation coming to Samoa now
o a latou fanau o Samoa ma ua faaipoipo foi i isi Samoa
sa'o lelei oe aga leai fo'i Saiga i ga aso e leai gi faleoloa , ma iloa ai fai sapasui , le, keke puaa , masi Saiga , le falaoa, mea uma , ua laki a Samoa ua iloa uma mai ga mea o kagaka saiga i ga aso ..
E le tatau na tusitusi lima iai latou,ele malamalama le tele o tagata full samoa i taleni ma agavaa ma faamanuiaga ua ave ele Atua i nai saina ua avea latou galuega lelei ma fesoasoani sili ua tele ai le faaeaina maualuga ole malo o samoa,faanoanoa fai mai o samoa ose atunuu kerisiano ae tafefe o loo iloa lelei ele Atua e tapuai fua ia te ia ma fai mai le Aliie,le Aliie,ae ole mana uai lea mea ole pepelo lava lea,fai mai le Tusi Paia afai ete tautala i gagana eseese e fia ae leai sou alofa maimau le taimi,maimau malosi o tagata na saili tupe ai e fau falesa tele excuses,tele complaints,faailoga tagata,ae tatau na vaavai i mafaufau o saina e atamamai e galulue,run pisinisi, oni tagata e loto alolofa ma agalelei mo samoa ma ona tagata🙏
No one really cares but i thought id just say my grandpa is an Ah Kuoi lol
My great grandfather was Machee chan mow brother 😭
Malo🤙🏼
its like fireworks 😂😂😂
O otou uma lava o Samoa.God Bless you all
Tuilaepa is the one that allow them he obviously brought them over.Their pretty sneaky like they try marry Samoans so they can live in Samoa and do business.
As a Chinese who happens to have a great Samoan friend back in college. It is sad to see all these bashing and hatred. I didn't know there even exist Chinese living in Samoa let alone settlement. What percentage of population r we talking about here?
Only 0.1 or 0.2% of the Samoan population are Chinese, which is slightly more than 600 people.. I love Samoa but it shocks me to see that so many people that are hating on us... I really hope they can be more open minded.
I remember an evangelist name Barry Smith warning Samoa saying China will slowly own Samoa if they're not careful and vigilant. I pray Samoa will find a way to protect their land and people. Faavae le Atua samoa not China.
Samoa gotta new PM Fiame
Soon samoas gonna be Saina or chomoa 🤣🤣🤣
there will be a doco "the changing face of Samoa", they will say "embrace change" "don't be racist"
Last time I went to Samoa I smacked a Chinese business man on the face because I was eating in his takeaway and he smacked one of the girls working for him for giving a wee spoon of chopsuey to a customer’s whom was an old man …. I just don’t tolerate that behavior in our country. I’m a Chinese descent by the way so you won’t go judgemental
according to wikipedia around the world, about 25% of all Samoans claim Chinese ancestry, that's like 1 in 4.
Samoa just accepted the cigarette from the shifty looking guy in prison...yeah it's for free..honest..
You don't have to return a cigarette back....
On behalf of all Western Samoan's 🇼🇸we kindly thank🤗🤗🤗the People's Republic of China 🇨🇳 for there gracious donations & help for our tiny nation in the South Pacific .... malo 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
What happened to the native malays in Singapore????
Many malays decided to migrate to Malaya across the strait when Singapore became independent. Singaporean government never wanted independence but the Malayan government forced it. The malays who stayed are still there. Btw the singaporean chinese, like many colonial-era migrant chinese, are different from the post-communist mainland chinese. Singapore had an anti-chinese-culture policy until today. Chinese cultural export is a new global phenomenon.
ua malosi tele faalanolano malo Samoa i Saina.
You look like your father kalofae❤i loved Chinese ppl in our country
Nah u fireworks .. anno ying lol
Vikolia Gala lmao for real tho! fireworks la si mea smh🤦🏾♀️😂
Fire works... made in China 😂😂😂
Original 2 dollar shop 😂
Germans, Chinese & others like Robert Louis Steven and now the owners of the Tusitala Hotel.. Samoa is the envy of other Pacific Islands.. so vibrant and full of hope
🤗🖖👍 I'm just curious about it . How come ALL the SAIGA Men's coming from SAIGA , and take our Samoa Ladies ? I have never seen a Samoa Man with a Real siga woman . lol. 🤗 Like I said , I'm just curious about it.. R the ladies from siaga races or what ? Maybe I'm Rong.. lol.
lol
It's a relationship where the Saiga man needs acceptance, becomes a matai, fathers half caste children whereas for the Samoan women an opportunity to have financial secure for herself and her family. That seems to be the pattern?
maybe the Chinese girls scared of your face, bahahah sorry but your question needs and answer,
No. Unlike the Indians in Fiji, the vast majority of Chinese Labourers and today's migrants are Men hence no Chinese women are seen.
O mai saiga e kau su’e gi mea e gogofo ai ua koakele kagaka leai gi fagua e gogofo ai ( ova populated) a lea laa o kagaka Samoa e gogofo I le Sami.becareful Samoa..
Samoa please learn if you wish to stay original and independant!
Fia ola smh
couldnt believe how racist samoans can be. i thought islanders and polynesians were happy, welcoming and harmonious people from the heavens. reality is often disappointing
Soon Samoa is gonna be called CHAMOA !!!...us Samoan's be careful!
SAMOA MO SAMOA👊🏽😡
Stop borrowing money from the Chinese
Interested in where the new Prime Minister will take Samoa. Already she is standing up to the CCP. Samoa doesnt need to be Little China or end up like Fiji.
Samoan Chinese are Samoans. Thank you for your contributions to our Samoan islands.
U.S will have your back...dont be scared to make that phone call or you have Australia and New Zealand....All I ask is Samoa not to sell Our land and our people
I don't want the U.S., Australia, or New Zealand there any more than China.
i love ur comment uce really
Lol
USA is almost overtaken by Chinese too! There is a Chinese restaurant on every corner in the states! And chinatowns in every major city
@Nate Stillzy 🤣 you keeping it in mind dosen't mean a goddamn thing
China has been looking to expand its reach all over the world. Their goal is resources to boom their economy by doing what the Americans did throughout the century by starting businesses and partnerships with almost every country. China's GDP isnt that far off from America's so these small moves by starting businesses everywhere is the first step in their political campaign for both economic growth and influence. At the end of the day it benefits both countries in the present but only China in the future.
We all are SAMOA
Right now about 40% of Samoa's external debt is owed to China. This is unsustainable . Samoa can't afford to borrow any more from China unless they are willing to hand over assets to the Chinese.
Take back control of our homeland. The help and growth was needed and nice in the beginning. But now Samoa needs to grow on their own with help or assistance, not financial takeover. What she doesn’t seem to understand is the economy has been dominated by outside influence rather than inner growth from Samoa’s own economy. She sees more Chinese is good TO HER and her grandfather. But business wise, if Samoa falls deeper into debt in China’s pocket, then China’s pocket is the last thing Samoa has to worry about. Samoa WILL be China’s new land through Financial Takeover. Writing is on the wall and the new PM is smart to decipher it. Samoa will have to start opening their eyes to what’s really going to happen. We as Samoans can’t be stupid and ignorant like this woman saying that more Chinese is good just like how Afakasi was becoming normal. Obviously she doesn’t care to understand what’s really going on around her and seeing the poverty that is going on in the Island when it’s supposed to be a Paradise.
Take their business and investmentl out of the Country we don't need ,
We love our old brothers and sisters Fathers and mothers,old Chinese was coming in the Country from the war time those are our people ,
Yes. Be careful what you wish the Chinese for. Our Chinese forefathers are not the same as the current Chinese business owners. The new ones are aggressive, have no respect for human rights and do not care for the environment. If our Chinese forefathers were alive now, they would probably warn us of the motives of the current dragons to connect, take over and control our freedom. The current Chinese businesses don't care less if you are part Chinese or not. Chinese don't even think of Samoans as humans. They show no respect for nobody. So be careful what you wish for Samoa.... Just look at what Chinese businesses are currently doing to other Pacific nations ie. Fiji villagers, Kiribati, Solomon Islands, PNG and others 🤗🤗🤗🤗
This new age is definetly an Asia Pacific Age. The Eurocentric Atlantic civilization with its its imposing colonisation is fading in influence. China cannot be ignored. We have to live with China. China's Confucius foundation is the common base we can work with. Respect for elders, family and community is why the old Chinese integrated well with Faa Samoa and our Christian ways. The more militant Communist Party ethos is not welcome and must be curbed by wise patriotic leadership.
Godless, Selfcentred national leaders will be the ones who sell out Samoa and other Pacific Nations for mere mammon.
Wise, God centred leaders with a true sense of patriotism and regional family will federate and unite to preserve our Aiga centred culture. We 🙏 pray for such leaders. Samoa is founded on God and Aiga culture.
It's not racism that the Polynesians want to protect their land. Look what happened to Hawaii. The Chinese need to understand that they come into communities, use the opportunity to monopolize and don't give back to the community. It's the same that happens in Black communities when Asians open up stores in the neighborhood and make money off of the people but are racist towards that same community they are making money off of.
Its like fireworks lol 😂😂😂....... Chinese FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS have played a big part in the development of our country and continued to do so.... however we must be very careful and beware of the influence from the Chinese government and their big business coming in and taking over what we already have and established...... Samoa definitely needs a new voice in parliament to adjust and balanced our dealings with foreign countries and big business.... the current government is corrupt and im sorry to say it...... its so obvious ......
Love you Samoa forever ❤❤❤
The commentary and dialogue is confusing. I'm not hearing examples or the causes of the wariness towards new Chinese businesses and practice. More aggressive? Ok in what way? Otherwise I'm hearing xenophobia narratives and stereotypes being repeated, as the young lady said, there's elements of racism present. These are pretty smart people who were interviewed, the video editor should have taken more care to fully expand the narrative of the video.
samoan and Chinese is not like fireworks . That lady who seems to argue that Chinese and Samoan is part of Samoan culture is dreaming!!! Just because you are living off your grandparent’s hard work doesn’t mean you know what our fathers are trying to achieve nowadays in Samoa but can’t go further because of the Chinese wave of investors who monopolize most parts in Samoa ..:so ignorant .. has no consideration to the hard working locals and Samoan people !
Chinese needs to go back to china and allow the Samoans to develop themselves so our samoa will grow as Samoans
Off topic but I saw the BIG M!!lol ..can you help us, Tonga ,get a MacDonald ??hooi
Yes , we do have problems with the Chinese . They are taking over most businesses but we must realise that it's not their fault. Our silly government at the time sold them Tongan passports. So I think whomever sold those passports to the Chinese should get out of Tonga lol jk ..n Samoa!! There, problem solved lol
What if other Countries discriminate against Samoans
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It's not about Racist
Its about our future, and we don't want China deadly trap. Open your eyes, & think again,
Before its too late.
Samoa don't need deadly trap,
Samoa mo Samoa,
Not
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China will rule and take control over Samoa if we don't stop them & SAY NO TO CHINA and Tuilaepa.
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I know but Chinese and Samoans make very cute babies together