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My Years Abroad - Qatar (8)

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Some people may know the former Chinese chess master Zhu Chen, who won the World Youth Chess Championship in 1994 and 1996. In 2000, he married Qatar and married Qatari chess master Mohammed. Now more than two decades later, she has become a Qatari citizen. As for her specific situation, she didn't know much, a friend's company was looking for Zhu Chen as a guarantor, and their family should also have a company. Naturalization in her case is still relatively easy, one is to marry a Qatari, the other is a chess master, which caused a big stir at the time, and it is not easy to join Qatari nationality. Some scientific research institutions, hospitals, universities and some government agencies in Qatar also have a certain number of Chinese, and their incomes are not low, but lower than those of Qatar's citizens, which are contract wages. They work short hours and usually leave after three o'clock in the afternoon. On weekends, the family goes out to barbecue by the sea, swims, or goes to some government-run gymnasiums to play ball and sports. They feel that the quality of life here is still quite high. At a meeting, I met a Chinese from Mauritius, the eldest brother is a pure Chinese, but he can't speak Chinese. His grandfather left Guangdong for Mauritius when he was young, where he did business. The family conditions are also good, after studying in the UK, they stayed in the UK for many years to work, and after the company's business moved to Qatar, they went to Qatar with the company. We sometimes get together, and the interaction is not a lot, because this buddy is more bookish, it is said that he is the senior management of this company, and many things seem to have nothing to do with his business. He married a daughter-in-law from Guangdong and married after meeting in England. His daughter-in-law speaks Chinese and loves to speak and socialize, but she has no job. Fortunately, there is a Chinese circle in Qatar, basically all of them are housewives who have no jobs, and they have a lot of fun.

My Years Abroad - Qatar (8)

Mr. and Mrs. Zhu Chen

My Years Abroad - Qatar (8)

Qatar National Day Military Parade A square team trained by instructors of the People's Liberation Army

Dozens of small construction companies active in Qatar that Chinese are actually contractors, and they have their presence on various construction sites. As long as there are new projects to start there, they will quickly appear in the project department, from civil construction to various professional construction, everything is good. They come from many provinces across the country, and different backgrounds are naturally reflected in the style of their work. A Shaanxi contractor team has been subcontracting a state-owned construction company when it was in China, and after the construction company came to Qatar to do the project, it also brought this team over. This has been done for ten years, but this construction company in Qatar is subcontracting their head office project, the project execution is not smooth, the payment is not good, the head of the contractor team led his team around looking for work, just found our project. Since they have several competent squad leaders, they work quickly and of good quality, and they are the best team in our subcontracting team. They put all their teams into our projects, and over time they got to know each other a lot. He does not know English, he believes that it is a subcontract of a large enterprise, and there is no need to work on the project. But he subcontracted need to sign a contract, do the work need to settle the subcontracting project payment and other matters, no company is difficult to move, helpless he found a guarantor, registered the company. However, because he was rude, moralistic, and did not speak the language, as a result, he was hired by a local countryman, colluded with the guarantor, and stole all the funds in the bank account. The lesson is too profound! In Middle Eastern countries, once this kind of problem occurs, you can't blame the guarantor, and there is a problem with the management of your own company. People who think of foreign intrusions must be bold and careful!

My Years Abroad - Qatar (8)

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