In the process of moving from underdevelopment to prosperity, the simple, unspoilt Polynesians were not as good at business as the Chinese -- the French government helped them set up a consumer coop, but it had to shut down, while the Chinese were spread over all the islands, forming a broad commercial network that even the French themselves couldn't compete with.
在由平淡步入繁榮的過程中，單純的大溪地人做生意不如中國人﹘﹘法國政府曾幫他們成立消費合作社，結果虧本關門；華人又遍佈各島，結合成廣闊的商業網，法國人也無法競爭。