In Canada, for those who carries the dream of Chinese immigrants must know that “Night Shift” meaning. Many highly educated Chinese who are experiencing the bitterness of low job history. For those who have achieved the dream of Chinese immigrants, their joy and hopes, how many pure, how much frustration? Canada’s “North American Times,” has recently visited a number of deep confusion in the fate of Chinese immigrants, who described their frustration.
Narrator: Zhang Citizen (high school) immigration 1 year
It difficult to make a rural carries fate of the American Dream
Zhang Citizen of Henan people living in Canada for one year and three months. Has moved from Shanghai Fudan University [1.67 -5.65%] he was a university graduate, get permanent residence status, but also for the future Chambre d, but also in Canada, entered the school.
Staying at the uncle’s home, Chang Star Morning briefing, an uncle had been living in Canada for 27 years, his uncle in an auto parts factory at night, to him pretty good, especially the aunt, “I always find ways to give me a variety of lunch, but the I Papan, generally eat at noon, so basically for my classmates to eat. ”
But Chang Citizen do not like here, “no one Shier will allow me excited, is entirely a big suburb, broken rotten.”
First arrived in Canada, and some students tell the Citizen countryside is very modern, but he went after the disappointment. Prior to that, he also heard that lived a long time will love the countryside, but until now, Zhang Citizen is still not used to rural life, “This is my transition period, basically, I still aspire to that kind of competitive environment in New York or Beijing Shanghai, like colorful life. ”
He said: “I generally will first weigh the interests of making decisions. Maybe I have a girlfriend, it will encourage me to make another consideration, may be immigrants, and perhaps to the United States to study the work of, as to the future, back to China or to stay, Who is it clear where we stand. ”
Narrator: Ma Xin-Ming (Senior Insurance Financial Consultant) immigrants 4 years
Looking forward to re-live their lives against optimism
Ma Xin-Ming’s hometown in Guangxi Guilin, graduate students after graduation in Guangzhou, now the family has been living in Canada 4 years.
He believes that immigration is a double-edged sword, opportunities and challenges. Back to China or to stay, every new immigrant families can not evade the dilemma, “but this issue for our family is very simple.”
Ma Xin-ming’s wife is a fan to go abroad, in order to marry him to give up the opportunity to study abroad was moved to tears Xin-Ming Ma, vowed in the future must take her abroad.
Xin-Ming Ma added: “Of course, not only because of this, in fact, I also like the challenge of a person. A lot of friends for my decision to feel incredible, they do not understand why I was willing to give up tens of million yuan annual salary of an internationally renowned brand national general sales manager of the executive posts to immigrate to Canada, I would say let them unexpected: ‘In order to re-live their lives’. ”
He believes that, in China, even if the cause of another brilliant, but also live their lives only long period of time, and no longer have an exciting, but have moved overseas, you can have the opportunity to start from scratch, re-test yourself viability and development potential. This new life experience is a valuable asset in life, can not be measured in monetary terms.
Ma Xin-ming did not like “of emigration,” the word, he is more willing to curiosity, to observe the state of mind to enjoy everything here, in the face of new life, “so I think, to go or stay, to a large extent the problem is a personal state of mind is a lifestyle choice. ”
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Xu Zheng (retired) 31 years of immigration
Old bones in his homeland was comfortable with steamed steamed
Xu Zheng came to Canada 15-year-old from Jiangsu piece of land, counted a total of 31 years. In Canada, high school and college in the United States reading master’s and Ph.D. work in the United States three years, returned to Canada. For so many years, he has adapted to North America, but he knew the final was to return to China, “I still like the Chinese, because it is my hometown.”
Xu Zheng said, “those of us who come out early, many people are still yearning for China’s human environment, and after all, grew up in a place that is small. When I was young I did not want to return, and now older, is actually very miss that place, I used to think Nanjing in the summer heat, but now feel that my bones in that the old stove inside a steamed steamed until comfortable. ”
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Wong Yue (unemployed) immigration for 35 years
Will definitely be going to China to see if
Wong Yue was born in Vietnam, the mother is Cantonese, his 3 months of age that is with his parents to Canada, has been living here for 35 years, “If people ask me what exactly, I would say that the Chinese people.”
Wong Yue said: “My parents definitely want to return to Guangdong, and they are always inextricably linked to China go back to what is already planned for many years, I often see them talking about the excitement when you look back to China in the future I am sure that is also going to take a look over there. ”
Narrator: Fan l (a pseudonym, West Point factory workers), migrant 7 years
Night life used to think I go back to China
With technical immigration status Fan l native of Tianjin, the family has lived in Canada 7 years, his junior high school children in reading.
First arrived in Canada, Fan up their own expense, read a computer professional, Mengcheng after graduation to find a job, “we moved from Toronto Mengcheng, in that the first volunteer company for 6 months, is officially done for 6 months. Consider the future a child to college, then returned to Toronto, a year later and his wife together in a West Point plant to work, still remain relatively stable. ”
Today, Van l long been used to night work, “during the day can do a lot of things: to do housework, grocery shopping, Internet chat, can now say that there used to living here. Prior to the child not in college, never thought to return to China this matter back to China can do Yeah, I really do not know. ”
Narrator: Wu Tie-sheng (Ontario Institute of Painting and Calligraphy Yi-lan) immigration for 16 years
Not only to the security of the slow life paintings have always focussed on
Tie-sheng Wu from Hong Kong, lived in Canada for 16 years. He has one child and two women, seven grandchildren, one great-grandson.
Wu Tie-sheng had in Hong Kong for an offshore trading company to make shoes more than 10 years, then to Toronto to live with his daughter one. Has a fast-paced lifestyle, he arrived in Canada feel the rhythm suddenly slow down.
Wu Tie-sheng that is to enjoy the slow life in Canada. He is now very relaxed everyday life: tea, quality coffee, hanging, drawing and writing.
Since the Wu Tie-sheng took over the Ontario Blue Calligraphy Society of Friends in this position, their lives can not be separated one day and drew. The original love painting flowers and birds, he now prefers painting landscapes.
Wu Tie-sheng said: “I very much hope to take this opportunity to train some young people in Canada promote understanding of Chinese culture and carry forward traditional Chinese. A lot of kids here with their Chinese names are not written, I am very worried that their parents busy at work no time to teach them to always allow them to learn English to integrate into mainstream society in the future, but I hope more people like us take the initiative to undertake and promote the heritage of Chinese culture will help things. ”