As their economic situation has improved, many parents have bought cars or houses for their children studying overseas. According to their own estimates, nearly one fifth of all Tahitian Chinese now have businesses or residences in France, Australia, New Zealand or the United States.
由於經濟狀況的改善，很多父母親也為在外念書的孩子買車、買房子；據他們自己估計，如今大溪地華人在法國、澳洲、紐西蘭、美國、夏威夷…… 等地有生意與住宅的比例，已接近五分之一。