00:00For you, it is also a very good duty.
00:29Why? Because UAE also has a Chinese market economy.
00:37Also, I like UAE, love UAE, because it is my second home.
00:46And how often do you go to China? To Shanghai, both of you, you go?
00:51We are, before monthly, 10 days in China, 20 days in Dubai.
00:57After Corona, various time, difficult, come in China, before going out, very difficult, so we are no more in there.
01:06This time Shanghai lockdown and all that, so not going.
01:10Otherwise, every time you were 10 days a month in Shanghai and 20 days in China.
01:15Yes, before we are each, 20 days a year.
01:17Before monthly, I was in China, I have 3 companies.
01:22Monthly, 10 days in China, 20 days in Dubai.
01:26Now difficult because of Corona.
01:28Going to China, very difficult.
01:32Then you get locked down there.
01:34Luckily she came out.
01:36Yes, that's why she wanted to come.
01:38That's really nice.
01:39The whole Chinese community meet together, celebrate together, what are the things you all do together?
01:44And maintain the culture of your place.
01:47Now, no more, we have total maybe 3 million Chinese people.
01:523 million?
01:53In the UAE.
01:54From 1,000 to 3 million?
01:56Yes.
01:57300,000.
01:58300,000.
01:59300,000.
02:00300,000.
02:01Yes, 300,000.
02:02That's what I was thinking.
02:03300,000.
02:04Community, you know.
02:05And from various parts of China, everywhere.
02:07Everywhere, everywhere, everywhere.
02:08My Shanghai not too much.
02:10Before, first I'm 1,000 people, more than 700 people Chinese, Shanghainese.
02:16Because China, more areas.
02:18Guangzhou.
02:19Guangzhou, Hubei.
02:21Beijing.
02:22Beijing.
02:23Everywhere.
02:24Everywhere.
02:25Now, Shanghai, Shanghainese not so much.
02:28We are about 1,000 Shanghainese now.
02:30Only 1,000?
02:311,000.
02:321,000, okay.
02:33Before I, 1993 come here, about 700 Chinese people.
02:36From Shanghai?
02:37Shanghai, Shanghainese.
02:38Now very, very, very less.
02:42So when you came, did you know so much English?
02:44Or you picked up English?
02:45Very difficult before.
02:46I think before coming here, very difficult.
02:51Go supermarket, buy some food.
02:53It also difficult.
02:54After, about four months.
02:57Four months you picked up.
02:58Four months after you, I about more or less than the market.
03:02And you also picked up when you came after marriage, English?
03:04Was it difficult?
03:06Yeah.
03:07In your community, do you, how often do you meet other Chinese people?
03:10For various things?
03:11Like food, or what kind of culture?
03:13Food, I sometimes together.
03:15Festivals.
03:16Festival.
03:17Together eating.
03:18Because now, international city.
03:21From two years, I have more than 200 restaurant, Chinese restaurant opens.
03:25Yeah.
03:26More than 200.
03:27All kinds of food you have.
03:28Your kind.
03:29You don't miss.
03:30Hot pot.
03:31Hot pot.
03:32Hot pot.
03:33We just over there have two hot pot.
03:34It's just over there.
03:35It opens.
03:36You can just order.
03:37Yeah, yeah, yeah.
03:38You don't miss Shanghai here.
03:39No.
03:40Shanghai have it here.
03:41All have it.
03:42So many China here.
03:43Yeah, yeah, yeah.
03:44Same, same.
03:45International city means China downtown.
03:47Before nothing, I come here, UAE, only UAE, Abu Dhabi, Saja, Dubai, only maybe each area
03:56one Chinese restaurant.
03:57Must be tough for you.
03:58Yeah.
03:59Now, international city, more than 200 restaurant.
04:04Why did you decide to come here?
04:06You could have stayed back in China.
04:08Before, I work in China government.
04:11Before, salary really, before that day, salary really less.
04:15About how much?
04:16About 15,000 yuan.
04:22No, no, no.
04:2315 dirham each month.
04:2615?
04:271, 5?
04:285, 0.
04:2950 dirhams.
04:30Before that days, I work in China government.
04:32Really less salary.
04:34So, for me, really young, about 20, 25, 26 age also can get it.
04:3918 years.
04:40So, when you came, you were 25 years old?
04:4218 years.
04:43Coming here 25 years old.
04:45What is your age?
04:46How old were you?
04:47No, I'm 59.
04:49Now, you're 59.
04:50But when you came, you must have been?
04:5229.
04:5329.
04:54Yeah.
04:5529, 28.
04:5628 coming.
04:57Oh, very young.
04:58So, then, so salary was less there.
05:01So, you decided to do business.
05:02I come here doing business.
05:04First, I think one day I doing business, 78.
05:09I don't know English.
05:11I go supermarket, wholesale for lead, cigarette lead.
05:18Lead.
05:19I sell lead.
05:20I didn't know any English.
05:23I go supermarket, wholesale for.
05:26When the first day I profit doing business, 78.
05:29I very happy.
05:31One day I just know English time.
05:33When doing business, 78 dirhams I sell.
05:37Second day I doing also.
05:3978 dirhams?
05:4078.
05:41One day.
05:42One lighter.
05:43But no.
05:44One day he sell items.
05:45Okay, sell items, okay.
05:47More than your salary.
05:49Second day I doing home 320.
05:53Second day, I can go hotel.
05:56Second day, after three days after I doing about 700 business.
06:01I very happy.
06:02This time we have one, Allah be with him.
06:05He say you have Titanic.
06:07The ship.
06:08Ship.
06:09I from China corporate doing same ship, Titanic.
06:13I can sell, sell to here after people very, very like it.
06:18How big was it?
06:19About.
06:20Just in the drying room to keep like that?
06:22Yeah, yeah, yeah.
06:23Okay.
06:24About 50 centimeter.
06:25Okay, okay.
06:26After, before I not put the music.
06:29After Mr. Chen, if you can put the Titanic music inside, more sell.
06:34Okay.
06:35After I can go China factory, this later if opens.
06:40Open the far coming after have music coming.
06:43After I can go China make so much business.
06:47I already five days, three days one container sell.
06:51How many?
06:52One container about five days can sell.
06:54My God.
06:55Too much people want.
06:56We are doing every monthly I think about 20 container I doing.
07:02My God.
07:03One month.
07:04After I doing this finish, I look slow, slow change for living.
07:09You are really not too much good at living.
07:11Yeah, yeah.
07:12Very nice job.
07:13Yeah.
07:14Yeah.
07:15After I doing living business.
07:16Living business doing finish.
07:17After I doing.
07:18Now about 15, 20 years doing hotel surplus.
07:24Yeah.
07:25Yeah.
07:26Yeah.
07:27Yeah.
07:28Yeah.
07:29Yeah.
07:30Yeah.
07:31Yeah.
07:32Yeah.
07:33Yeah.
07:34Yeah.
07:35Yeah.
07:36Yeah.
07:37Yeah.
07:38Yeah.
07:39Yeah.
07:40Yeah.
07:41Yeah.
07:42Yeah.
07:43Yeah.
07:44Yeah.
07:45Yeah.
07:46Yeah.
07:47Yeah.
07:48Yeah.
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07:50Yeah.
07:51Yeah.
07:52Yeah.
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