Immigrating to Dominica, settling down, you will find that many Chinese are doing business here. Dominica is a Caribbean island nation with an area of 751 square kilometers and a population of 77,000. Although it is separated from China by vast oceans, there are about 150 overseas Chinese living here.
In the capital of Dominica, Roseau, there are many Chinese shops and small supermarkets, specializing in small commodities from China. Even the souvenirs sold in local markets mostly come from Yiwu, Zhejiang, China. Roseau is a micro city, comparable to an ordinary small town in China, where overseas Chinese are mainly concentrated. Among them are people from Xinjiang, Shandong, and Zhejiang, but the majority are from Guangdong and Jiangsu. There are about ten Chinese restaurants in Roseau, among which "Chinese Pavilion" and "Ancient Capital" are the largest. Chef Hu Xuexian from "Chinese Pavilion" is from Nanchang, Jiangxi, and has been working as a chef in a Chinese restaurant in Dominica since 1995. Now, Chef Hu's son and daughter-in-law have also settled in Dominica and are running a Chinese restaurant. Chef Hu's son says that Dominica is a volcanic island with not much entertainment. On weekends, people often go to the sulfur springs in the mountains to soak or take a walk by the sea. The owner of "Ancient Capital", Shen Yuanlong, is from Taiwan, China. He is tall and handsome and opened "Ancient Capital" restaurant five years ago. Although the restaurant now employs four local staff, he still personally cooks. Shen Yuanlong says, "Although 'Ancient Capital' has air conditioning, it is almost never turned on because the electricity prices here are too high, about 3.7 yuan per kilowatt-hour. The local prices are very high; a dozen eggs cost about 18 yuan, and an apple costs about 8 yuan. Only the local specialty bananas are cheap. Shen Yuanlong's wife says that the security in Roseau is very good. The Chinese Embassy in Dominica takes great care of the overseas Chinese, and the local black community is also very friendly towards the Chinese. More than half of the local Chinese have already obtained Dominica nationality, and they mainly engage in the restaurant, small commodities, jewelry, traditional Chinese medicine, and dry cleaning industries.