香港回归十周年特稿：香江两岸的中国人

中国商人很快地发现，香港的外国国旗可以给他们带来安全保障。他们来到这块殖民地发展商业，躲避了19世纪大部分时间里，内陆的动乱。

Chinese merchants were quick to take advantage of the security offered by Hong Kong’s foreign flag – for the colonial island escaped much of the turmoil that engulfed China in the 19th century.

 

种植、编制丝绸是中国传统工业之一。它成为香港的一项工业，著名的买办何东爵士在远离传统中国丝绸中心的香港建立了桑园和丝织厂。The cultivation and weaving of silk was one of China’s oldest industries. It became a Hong Kong industry when the famous comprador Sir Robert Ho Tung established a silkfarm and factory in the New Territories, far from the traditional silk centres of China.

香港的街道是从不停歇的工业的反映。黄包车夫总是很抢手的，叫卖小贩为了一个更好的位置争夺。苦力们每天工作很多小时，将货物从港口运到商店 Hong Kong’s streets were a reflection of the industry of a colony that seldom relaxed. Rickshaw coolies were always in demand, hawker jostled for favoured stations on pavements and coolies worked long hours conveying the city’s merchandize from the harbour to city stores.