French girls would rather give up their French nationality in order to marry China people. Why were people popular in China a hundred years ago?

Great changes have taken place in transnational marriage, and more and more western women are marrying China men. Today, China is becoming more and more prosperous, and it is not surprising that everyone takes it for granted.

However, if this happened a hundred years ago, I'm afraid even many people in China would find it incredible. However, in history, the French girl Louise and the Frenchman Zhang completed the marriage registration at the Embassy of China.

This is a strange marriage. The bride Louise is an ordinary French girl, and the groom Zhang is a worker in China and a worker in China who serves the Allied Forces. It was a big fight. Zhang didn't go to work alone. He is surrounded by140,000 China laborers.

So, why do you want to register your marriage at the embassy? Because the French civil affairs department refused to go through the formalities for them, discrimination against China people was everywhere in Europe at that time, and they could not tolerate French girls marrying China people. Even if China workers can come to Europe, they have gone through a tortuous process.

World War I had nothing to do with China. At that time, Duan's government wanted to join the allied forces in the war, but it was rejected. First, countries such as Britain and France despise the combat effectiveness of the French army; Second, the Japanese are in the way.

The real goal of Beiyang government is to recapture the rights and interests of Qingdao and Shandong from Germany as a victorious country. Japan, which also joined the Allies, took Qingdao as its own bag, and certainly did not want China to join the Allies.

Therefore, in the first two years, China could only watch until the situation in Europe improved. 19 16 in the battle of Verdun, Britain and France suffered nearly one million casualties. The two countries have transferred all the young and middle-aged domestic laborers to the front line, resulting in an extreme shortage of manpower in the rear. Therefore, they had to accept China's suggestion and send laborers to serve their allies.

1965438+In May 2006, Britain and France began to recruit workers in China to work in Europe. The wage they posted is one franc a day and 25 francs a month, which is equivalent to five dollars. At that time 1 Dayang could buy 30 Jin of top-grade rice, nearly 10 Jin of pork.

This salary is very attractive to the people of China, and applicants flock to it. Only healthy people will be selected. As Britain rented land in Weihai, the recruitment center was located in Weihai, making most China workers from Shandong.

According to statistics, a total of 1.4 million China workers went to Europe, of which 40,000 were in France and the rest went to Britain. Chinese workers are engaged in digging ditches, carrying goods, burying bodies, building roads and bridges, etc. Although the contract clearly States that it will not be used in combat, the battlefield situation is ever-changing. Sometimes China workers are still digging trenches, and the Germans rush up and have to wave shovels to do it with them.

This kind of fighting took place in 19 17 at the Piccadilly Theatre in France. By the time reinforcements arrived, most workers in China had died heroically. During the whole World War I, at least 20,000 China laborers died, and only 1847 people left their names. The biggest casualty was the Artos, which was ambushed by a German submarine, killing all 540 China workers on board.

China laborers work in French ports, warehouses and even ordnance factories. They are diligent, intelligent and have strong learning ability, and no job can beat them. The French navy specifically requested the government that foreign workers only accept China workers. The internal reports of the British and French military also show that China workers are the best workers and can be trained to be the best soldiers.

However, the treatment of workers in China is not as much as promised at the beginning. The expenses for meals, clothes and medical expenses have to be deducted, and they have not been covered. What is even more distressing is that the British treat Chinese workers like prisoners of war, which is very strict and cruel. In contrast, France is much more relaxed. Chinese workers can freely enter and leave the camp, and they can go to cafes and bars in their spare time.

Many French women are employed by arsenals and departments in the rear of France, which gives them the opportunity to meet these young people from the East. Over time, the excellent quality of South China University of Technology finally touched them.

Louise, who married Zhang, is by no means an exception among French girls. Another French girl told the ambassador to China that she must marry Mr. Yang, because he never drinks, and he won't beat his wife when he is drunk, like French men. Mr. Yang also has many advantages that French men don't have, such as thrift.

At that time, French law stipulated that domestic women who married foreign men would automatically lose their French nationality. The French civil affairs department is also unwilling to go through the formalities for Sino-French transnational marriage. In order to help South China workers and their loved ones solve this problem, Gu Weijun, a famous diplomat in China, issued a statement that the China government can bear the relevant responsibilities.

This is the marriage registration of Louis and Zhang at the French Embassy. According to post-war statistics, a total of 3,000 people finally stayed in France, some of whom married French women, and the rest signed new contracts with French employers. They also became the first French immigrants from China.