美国网民评论：在中国取得成功的非洲人

1、美国网民评论：在中国取得成功的非洲人三泰虎博客9月23日译文，美国雅虎文章在中国取 得成功的非洲人。文章称，在香港一栋破旧高楼一无窗户 的房间里，阿里迪亚洛正向非洲零售商贩卖中国电子产品。 不起眼的环境掩饰了这位西非商人搬到这座城市5年以来打造的几百万美元生意。随着世界第二大经济体与发展最快的 大洲之间的贸易往来的飙升，中国南部由现越来越多成功的 非洲企业家，这位来自几内亚的39岁商人就是其中一员。夕卜文标题： The Africans making it big in China外文地址： HYPERLINK /africans-making-big-china-054434 /africa

2、ns-making-big-china-054434 900.htmlFrom a windowless room in a dilapidated Hong Kong high-rise, Ali Diallo sells Chinese electronics to retailers across Africa. The modest surroundings belie the multi-million dollar business the West African trader has built in the five years since he moved to the c

3、ity.The 39-year-old from Guinea is part of a growing number of African entrepreneurs thriving in southern China, as trade between the world s seGtaiest economy and fastest-growing continent soars.在香港一栋破旧高楼一无窗户的房间里，阿里迪亚洛正向非洲零售商贩卖中国电子产品。不起眼的环境掩饰了这位西非 商人搬到这座城市 5年以来打造的几百万美元生意。随着世界第二大经济体与发展最快的大洲之间的贸易往来 的

4、飙升，中国南部由现越来越多成功的非洲企业家，这位来 自几内亚的39岁商人就是其中一员。Sitting in a small room cluttered with cardboard boxes destined for Nigeria, Diallo welcomes the latest delivery of Chinese-made mobile phones to his office in Chungking Mansions - a bustling labyrinth better known for budget hotels and no-frills restaurant

5、s.The building is also the go-to place in Hong Kong for African buyers in search of cheap electronics, with phones selling from around $8 each.迪亚洛坐在一间小屋里，里面堆满着将发往尼日利亚的纸箱， 他在接收发往他在重庆大厦办事处的最新一批中国产手机。 香港重庆大厦是一个熙熙攘攘的迷宫，以廉价宾馆和简朴餐 馆更为由名。重庆大厦也是非洲买家在香港寻找廉价电子产品时趋之若 鹫的地方，那里一部手机的售价大约是8美元。In China there are opp

6、ortunities for people who can start from scratch and build up their own business. Obviously not in one day but through hard work and networking you can do it, says the trader, whose company sees an annual turnover of $11 million a year through the sale of phones and tablets alone.Trade between China

7、 and Africa hit new highs of nearly $200 billion last year, according to official Chinese data, driven by Chinese industry s appetite for African raw materials.“中国充满着白手起家和开创事业的机会。当然不是一天就能成功，而是通过艰辛努力。”这位贸易商人说道，他公司的年 营业额仅凭销售手机和平板电脑就能达到1100万美元。中国官方数据显示，在中国对非洲原材料的巨大需求之下， 中国和非洲去年的贸易额达到近2000亿美元的新高。The Afr

8、ican traders in southern China are the flipside of this deepening relationship. Entrepreneurs like Diallo have made Chungking Mansions one of the most important passageways for Chinese gadgets air-freighted to Africa. According to Gordon Mathews, professor of anthropology at the Chinese University o

9、f Hong Kong, up to a fifth of all mobiles in Africa have passed through the building corridors in recent years.But while this 17-storey hive is the storefront, the engines behind this trade lie in the industrial heartland of neighbouring Guangdong province in southern China.在中国南部的非洲商人反映由这一逐步深化关系的另一面

10、。迪亚洛这样的企业家令重庆大厦成为中国小商品运往非洲 的其中一条最重要通道。香港中文大学人类学教授麦高登称，近年来多达1/5的非洲手机通过这里销往非洲。这栋 17层的大楼是店面，具背后 的贸易引擎则在邻近广东的工业腹地。This mecca for low-cost manufacturing has drawn entrepreneurs from across Africa, creating one of the largest black communities in Asia.In the provincial capital Guangzhou, at least 20,000Af

11、ricans live in the city, research from local Sun Yat-sen University shows.Though their number is a fraction of the million Chinese now living in Africa, these migrants are playing a pivotal role in their new home.a Traders bring with them vast skills and capital, supportinglarge amounts of Chinese m

12、anufacturer s If all theAfrican traders were to vanish it would have an enormous effect on the south China economy and business people realise this rather strongly, says Mathews.这个低成本制造业中心吸引了非洲各地的企业家，也造就了 亚洲最大的黑人社区之一。据中山大学的研究显示，至少有 2万名非洲人在广州居住。尽管只是百万在非华人的零头，但这些移民在新家起着关键 作用。麦高登说：“贸易商带来大量技术和资金，支援了许多中国

13、制 造商若所有非洲商人都消失，将给中国南方经济带来巨 大影响。商人对这点的认识非常强烈。”Many traders work in and around a downtown neighbourhood dubbed “ Little Africa ” , or more insensitively “ Chocolate City by the local media. Along its winding central alley, a restaurant serves Tilapia with fufu - a staple Congolese meal of fried fish a

14、nd cassava - as well as traditional Chinese fried rice and steamed fish.A few kilometres away at Canaan Export Clothes Trading Centre, a vast complex where Igbo is spoken as often as the local Cantonese language, Lamine Ibrahim loads thousands of jeans into bags destined for Africa.许多贸易商工作在市区一个有“小非洲

15、”之称的地段，当地媒 体也称之为“巧克力城”。在蜿蜒的中央巷子里，一家餐馆供 应刚果一种主食一一罗非鱼炒木薯，以及中国传统炒饭和清 蒸鱼。在“巧克力城”几公里外的迦南外贸服装批发中心，拉明易卜 拉欣装了几千件牛仔裤打包运往非洲。在该市场，伊博语说 得和广东话一样频繁。【三泰虎注：伊博人（Ibos）是西非尼日利亚民族之一。亦称“伊格博人”。有1394万人（1980）,为国内第三大族。分 布在尼日利亚东南部。另有 4万人分布在喀麦隆。属尼格罗人种苏丹类型。包括 30多个支系；如恩格巴、阿巴贾、 阿达、伊卡、奥尼查等。使用伊博语，属尼日尔一科尔多凡 语系尼日尔一刚果语族。有用拉丁字母拼写的文字。原信

16、万 物有灵，崇拜祖先（见原始宗教）,后多改信基督教一一摘 自百度百科】He is one of several hundred Africans who has forged adeeper connection to the city by marrying a local Chinesewoman - a relationship founded on love but alsoeconomic prudence.“ For (communication) with the Chinese peopleshe can do. I buy my car, she is there, I op

17、en my own factory, she isthere. So if I ha ve no wife its not easy,says the Muslimtrader from Guinea in broken English.他是数百名通过娶中国女人为妻加深同这座城市联系的非 洲人之一。这既建立在爱情基础上，也包含了经济考量。这名来自几内亚的msl商人用蹩脚的英语说道：“跟中国人打交道她行。她帮我买车、开厂。要是没我老婆，那可难 了。”Five months ago Ibrahim and his wife Choi Zoung-mai 一 renamed Maryam Barry

18、 after converting to Islam opened their first factory hiring 43 Chinese workers. With this latest investment they hope to secure a bright future for their four-year-old son who speaks fluent Mandarin as well as French, English and Fula.While there are several success stories, not all African entrepr

19、eneurs make it in China - for some rising costs and intense competition make it difficult to stay afloat. But this migrant community, which began forming in Guangzhou in the 1990s, has built a network of groups to support each other s ambitions.5个月前，易卜拉欣和他妻子( Choi Zoung-mai )皈依ysl后改名马里亚姆巴里一一开了第一家工厂，

20、雇佣了 43名中国工人。他们希望凭借这一最新投资为四岁儿子确保光 明的前途。除了能说流利的普通话外，他儿子还能说法语、英语和富拉语。【三泰虎注：富拉人是非洲第四大族，仅次于埃及人、豪萨 人和阿尔及利亚人。分布在西非和中非广大地区，分属尼日 利亚、几内亚、塞内加尔、马里、喀麦隆、尼日尔、布基纳 法索等国】虽然有几个成功的故事，但并非所有非洲企业家在中国获得 成功。对于莫些非洲企业家来说，不断上升的成本和越来越 激烈的竞争使得其难以维持下去。然而，这个于 1990年代 形成于广州的移民社区已经建立了互相支持彼此抱负的网 络组织。This is vividly apparent in the han

21、dful of AfricanPentecostal churches that have sprung up across the city.Tucked away on the ninth floor of a building behindGuangzhou railway station, 150 worshippers crowd intoRoyal Victory Church.“ Our prayer is that you will prosper, the pastor preaches tocries of agreement from a mostly male cong

22、regation drawn from Nigeria, Cameroon and Ghana.这从在广州如雨后春笋般涌现的少数非洲五旬节教会可以明显看由。150名礼拜者涌入隐秘在广州火车站后面一栋大楼第九层的皇家胜利教堂。“我们的祷告是你们将会成功。”牧师告诫大多由男性组成的 会众，他们来自尼日利亚、喀麦隆和加纳。The African entrepreneurs who are flourishing in Guangzhou are succeeding where many foreigners fail. Not only are they navigating the notori

23、ous Chinese bureaucracy but at times overt racism in a country where prejudices can run high.This can range from mild snubs from taxi drivers who refuse to pick up black customers to more serious accusations of traders being unfairly targeted by police when they conduct raids for illegal immigrants.

24、Even so others report good relations with the Chinese.“ Many traders feel much more comfortable working in China than they do in Europe, “ says Roberto Castillo, a Lingnan University researcher in Guangzhou.在不少老外生意失败的广州，非洲企业家们成功了。然而， 他们不仅要经受官僚主义的考验，还要忍受种族歧视。这包括从轻微的由租车司机拒载，到更为严重的警方突袭非 法移民时成为打击目标。即便如此，其他人称同中国人相处得还不错。广州岭南大学 的研究员罗伯特卡斯特罗称，“很多非洲商人觉得在华工作比在欧洲