The company provided Chinese Canadians with merchandise not readily available in Vancouver and exported Canadian foodstuffs to China.

该公司为华裔加拿大人供应在温哥华不容易买到的商品，并把加拿大的食品出口到中国。

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Still, there is hope for others if they follow the Chinese-Canadians' lead.

其他人如果步加拿大华人的后尘，也是有希望的。

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Interest in retaining the Chinese language is growing among Chinese-Canadians.

越来越多的加拿大华裔渴望进修中文。

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But what about the millions of Mexicans, South Americans, Chinese, Canadians, etc. seeking entry who are not criminal and not bearing infectious diseases?

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Given this, the decision this week by Stephen Harper, the Conservative prime minister, to offer both an apology and compensation to Chinese-Canadians might seem surprising but not if the politics behind it are taken into account.

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While only about 20 of those who paid the head tax are still alive and fewer than 300 of their widows, Chinese-Canadians now form a community of around 1m with considerable political and economic clout.

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