During the 1960s the French government allocated large subsidies to the island so that they could continue nuclear testing and still the increasingly louder cries for independence. Except for black pearls and a few handicraft items, Tahiti doesn't produce much that can earn foreign exchange.
六○年代大溪地靠著成為軍事基地「發跡」後，法國政府為保有核子試驗場和緩和當地人愈來愈高的獨立聲浪，每年大量津貼大溪地。