Kwiveki yokuqala kaFebruwari kulo nyaka, ndaya eLower Manhattan ndikhangela into yokunxiba UNyaka oMtsha . Ngelixa ukutsho Ingabonakala ngathi indala, ukunxiba ezi zintamo zinxibe ezinde, kuyenye yeendlela zase-China njengam ezinokwamkela inkcubeko kwaye zibhiyozele unyaka omtsha. Nangona kunjalo, ngaphezu kweminyaka, umgangatho ukutsho kuthengiswa ngabaqulunqi baseTshayina kuye kwaba nzima ukufumana ngenxa yolwabiwo lwenkcubeko kunye nemveliso ngobuninzi beempawu ezenziwa ngexabiso eliphantsi. Ngethamsanqa, IPearl River Mart Ivenkile yaseNew York ethengisa izinto zaseAsia, yayinento kanye endiyifunayo.

Inkampani yasekwa ngo-1971 nguMing Yi kunye noChing Yeh Chen, amatshantliziyo abafundi abavela eTaiwan, emva kokuba befumene ukuba izinto zaseTshayina ezinje ngezinti kunye neesepha zazilahlekile kwisiXeko saseNew York nakwizinto eziphilayo. UJoanne Kwong, umongameli wePearl River Mart kunye nomongameli, uxelela Ukuhamba + Ukuzonwabisa ukuba isithintelo ngexesha le-1970s sithintele ukungeniswa kwempahla phakathi kwe China kunye ne-U.S. Nangona kunjalo, uMing Yi kunye noChing Yeh bafumene indlela yokungenisa izinto ukuze uluntu lwaseTshayina eNew York lukwazi ukufikelela kwezi zinto ziyimfuneko. Ngaphezulu kweminyaka engama-50, iPearl River Mart ayikhange isebenze njenge-emporium kuphela, kodwa njengophawu lobutshantliziyo baseTshayina kunye nembali kuluntu lwaseNew York City.

Njengoko ndandihamba ndisiya evenkileni & iipaseji zeepaseji ezizaliswe kukutya okutsha kwaseAsia kunye neeti zeti ngaloo mini, ndakhunjuzwa ngokubaluleka kokuba neevenkile ezinje ngePearl River Mart. Ekukhuleni kwam, ndaziva ndinyanzelekile ukuba ndifunde inkcubeko yaseMelika. Andizange ndivume ukuthetha isiCanton phambi kwabantu nasekhaya. Andizisanga ethangeni (Isoseji yaseTshayina) kunye nerayisi esikolweni kuba bendisoyika ukuba ndizahlekiswa ngenxa yevumba. Kwaye ekuhambeni kwexesha, ndiyekile ukunxiba iimpahla ezibomvu nezesintu zaseTshayina, ndakhetha iimpahla zangoku. Bendingazi, ngokwenza oku, bendisusa inxenye yam. Ukubona ifayile ukutsho ixhonywe kwii-racks kwaye ndinokufikelela kwezi ngubo kwenye yeedolophu zaseNew York & apos; indawo edumileyo yokuthenga yandenza ndaziva ndibonwa, ndimelwe kwaye ndiviwe. Iivenkile ezinje ngePearl River Mart zindivumele ukuba ndihlale ndidibene nenkcubeko yam ngelixa ndigcina amasiko.

Kule minyaka ingamashumi amahlanu ukusukela oko yasekwayo, iPearl River Mart iye yaba sisixhobo sokugcina ifa kunye nenkcubeko yaseTshayina. 'Iintsapho zamaTshayina zaziza kuza ngoMvulo, umhla wokutyela kunye nabasebenzi bempahla. Baza kuza neentsapho zabo bezokuthenga, utshilo uKwong. Ikwakhulisa igama lokuba yivenkile apho unokufumana khona phantse naziphi na izinto zaseAsia - ukusuka kwizinti zokutya ukuya kwirayisi.

Ivenkile yakhiwe kwakhona njengendlela yabantu abangabantu baseAsia yokufumana inkcubeko kunye nelifa lemveli laseTshayina. Umbono wokubhukuqa kukuba uza kunciphisa ucalucalulo, utshilo uKwong. Unabantu abangena, banethuba lokunxibelelana nawe, ukukubona njengabantu. Kwaye ukuba beza nento ekhaya, ihlala ekhayeni labo kwaye yinto abayikhumbulayo amashumi eminyaka. '

I-2021 iphawula isikhumbuzo seminyaka engama-50 sokusekwa kwePearl River Mart kunye neapos. Ngelixa kufanele ukuba ibe lixesha lombhiyozo, uKwong wathi & ampos; kunzima ukubhiyozela ngexesha lonyaka elizise isidumo kuphela. 'Kwanangaphambi kokuba iRhuluneli uCuomo ivale zonke iivenkile, uninzi lwamashishini aseAsia eMelika ayefumana uhlaselo lwabemi bamanye amazwe ukusukela ngeyoMqungu yowama-2020,' ucacisile uKwong. 'Ngokuqinisekileyo sibone ukwehla okukhulu kwintengiso.'

Ukwehla kwengeniso kuko okubangele ukuba iPearl River Mart ishiyeke ngasemva kwirente. Okwangoku, ivenkile esembindini ilungiselela intshukumo yayo yesihlanu, Ngeli xesha ukusuka kwi-TriBeCa ukuya kwi-SoHo . U-Kwong ucacisile ukuba iminyaka yeendleko ezixhomileyo ze-rent kunye ne-gentrification ziqhube imibutho esekwe kuluntu efana ne-Pearl River ukuba ifuduke kwaye kwezinye iimeko, ivale. 'Eli libali malunga nokuthengiswa kwezindlu eNew York City, kunye nendlela yokuqhuba ishishini elincinci eNew York nakweli lizwe, eliya lisiba nzima, utshilo uKwong. '[I-Pearl River Mart] iya kuhlala iyinqanawa yabamelwane kwaye emva koko baya kuthengiswa amaxabiso. Ukuchasana nokushenxiswa kwabantu kuye kwaqhubeka kangangeminyaka engama-50. '

Ngenxa yokuba uninzi lwezinto ezithengiswa yiPearl River zibotshelelwe kumava eemvakalelo, uKwong uyathemba ukuba intshukumo yevenkile iya kuvumela umbutho ukuba ugcine amava okuthenga. Siva ukuba & iapos; kubalulekile ukuba uye kwindawo apho unokuyibona yonke. Iwebhu ilungile, kodwa awunakuva kwaye uyayiva, utshilo. 'Ke ngoko kubalulekile ukuba sibe namava ezitena nodaka.'

Nangona iPearl River Mart izakuvala ngokusisigxina iingcango zayo kwindawo ekuyo ngoku, ukuhamba kwayo kunye nokuqhubeka kwayo kwiSixeko saseNew York kuya kuba yinto ebalulekileyo kuluntu lwaseTshayina naseAsia American kwiminyaka ezayo. Kwaye ngelixa iPearl River Mart yakhe kwaye yagcina inkcubeko yamaTshayina neAsia amashumi eminyaka, umsebenzi uyaqhubeka. Unxibelelwano lwethu neChinatown lubaluleke kakhulu kuthi. Siziva sinyanzelekile ukuba isixeko silwe ukuze sihlale apho sasikhona, utshilo uKwong.