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Shànghǎi kāibù yǐhòu ，gèlù wàiguórén 、huáqiáo ，háiyǒu quánguógèdì de yímín dōu yǒng jìnlái zhǎo jīhuì ，guàibude shuō Shànghǎi shì màoxiǎnjiā de lèyuán 。

After the foundation of Shanghai, there were foreigners and overseas Chinese everywhere. Lots of Chinese immigrants also rushed into Shanghai looking for opportunities. No wonder everyone said that Shanghai was a ''Paradise for Adventurers."

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你听说过福建有个“偷渡村”吗？那里有很悠久的移民史，从60年代以后，那里有很多人纷纷偷渡去美国打工，所以那个地区的华侨数量多得惊人。

nǐ tīngshuō guò fújiàn yǒu gè “tōudù cūn ”ma ？nàlǐ yǒu hěn yōujiǔ de yímínshǐ ，cóng liùshí niándài yǐhòu ，nàlǐ yǒu hěnduō rén fēnfēn tōudù qù měiguó dǎgōng ，suǒyǐ nàge dìqū de huáqiáo shùliàng duō de jīngrén 。

Do you know that Fujian has a whole village dedicated to people smuggling? There is a long history of emigration from the village, as from the 1960s onwards, batch after batch of people have been smuggled to America to work, resulting in a shocking number of people there who hold American passports.

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对，爷爷那辈就去了，是老华侨。我记得刚改革开放，他就写信给我们，我们都吓了一跳。

duì ，yéye nà bèi jiù qù le ，shì lǎo huáqiáo 。wǒ jìde gāng gǎigé kāifàng ，tā jiù xiěxìn gěi wǒmen ，wǒmen dōu xià le yī tiào 。

Yes. It was in his Grandfather's generation that they left and became overseas Chinese. I recall that just after China opened up to the outside world, he wrote us all a letter. We were all so surprised.

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