Setting aside the question of whether Gaugin really thought that way or not, the prevalence of that explanation is not hard to understand if you look at the situation today. The Chinese make up less than ten percent of the population but control more than 70 percent of the businesses.
姑不論高更是否真的不喜「華人會做生意」，但以今天的情況來看，這個答案的出現，不是沒有道理的﹘﹘目前佔大溪地人口不到百分之十的華人，掌握了當地百分之七十的生意網。