Last year during the Golden Jubilee celebrations of UAE at the Chinese Pavilion in Expo 2020 Dubai, UAE residents were treated to one of the most amazing renditions of the UAE national anthem. Around 80 Chinese expatriates stood waving the UAE flag, singing the UAE national anthem with perfect pronunciation, melody and rhythm. Leading the choir was Cheng Fu Qiang, businessman and chairman of the Shanghai General Chamber of Commerce in the UAE.
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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.
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