In fact, the older generation of Chinese originally had no intention of settling down in Tahiti, much less becoming French citizens and receiving a French education.
六○年代後，到美國和其他地方的也多起來，使得華人和白人混血裔成為大溪地受教育最高的一群。在法國拿到碩士學位的劉孟仁表示，目前在法國的「大溪地留學生協會」中有半數以上是華人。