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Hai Hu is one of those immigrants Halifax wants to attract. Hu, a self-described hustler with a PhD in software engineering, launched his tech company Skyline in Beijing in 2014, before being lured to Nova Scotia by the federal government’s highlycompetitive, startup visa program. “Halifax offers the best entrepreneur environment,” said Hu, from his downtown office at Volta Labs. “I stepped upon one of the best ecosystem in the world just by accident.” Before coming to Halifax in April 2016 through Innovacorp’s Start-up Visa Program, Hu and Changhai Jiang, a co-founder of Skyline, spent six months at the Alchemist Accelerator, a business incubator in the Silicon Valley. After spending a lot of money in California without developing the customer base they wanted, they had to re-think their future. They decided to re-locate, and stumbled upon the visa program. “I was thinking, ‘OK, where is Halifax?’” said Hu, who now happily calls the city home for himself, his wife and their son. Skyline is one of seven start-ups Innovacorp has recommended, out of 250 written applications, to receive a start-
Hai Hu in his downtown office at Volta Labs. 胡海先生在中心Volta实验室里的办公室。
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up visa through the federal government’s business incubation/acceleration program. In 2013, Innovacorp became one of the organizations that could recommend entrepreneurs to the program. “Innovacorp is such a believer in this opportunity,” said Dawn House, Innovacorp’s vice-president of client engagement and communications. “The entrepreneurs benefit from having a great place to grow their ventures, and Nova Scotia benefits from the new start-up talent.” Hu passionately believes that Skyline’s technology is the future of retail. Hu
likes to compare Skyline to the flat platform children use as the base of a Lego model. The Lego blocks are facial recognition software, a customerrelationship management system, and the retailer’s point-of-sale system. The blocks are attached to the Skyline platform, which serves as the hub of the operation. “We integrate multiple technologies to make a solution,” said Hu. Through “smart retail”, buying becomes easier. Skyline proved this last spring (2017). The company was behind the launch of China’s first checkout free convenience store in Shanghai. Using technologies like facial recognition and mobile payment portals customers walk into the store, get what they need, and go. The items they take off the shelves are instantly added into their digital card and then charged to them when they leave the store. Skyline is slowly building its Canadian customer base. In February, the company landed its first Halifax customer, a wild sea cucumber producer, and is close to closing a deal with a lobster exporter. Having received significant government and private investment since 2014, including $600,00 from the Chinese government and an angel investor, as well as $270,000 from various Canadian government funding sources, the company wants to raise more. With a goal of $500,000, it will continue to grow and develop smart retail technologies. Using facial recognition to give retailers real-time information on customers, the company has launched a pilot project with 22 stores. By the end of 2018, Hu hopes to have at least 150 stores, in China and North America, on board. With retail on the cusp of tremendous change, Hu believes his company is in a good place. “We are helping local companies. We are building an exciting new product for retailers,” said Hu.
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Skyline: 从北京到哈法的创业故事 翻译 : 肖芬菲 胡海是哈利法克斯最希望能够吸引留 下的移民之一。 软件工程博士胡海先生于2014年在北 京推出了他的科技公司Skyline（天 枢）。而后，他受加拿大联邦政府竞 争力极强的启动签证计划吸引，来到 新斯科舍省。 “哈利法克斯为企业家提供了最好的 创业环境。”胡先生在市中心的Volta 实验室里说：“我偶然地进入了世界 上最好的发展生态系统之一。” 在2016年4月通过Innovacorp的创业 计划项目来到哈利法克斯之前，胡先 生与天枢公司联合创始人江昌海，在 硅谷企业孵化器Alchemist Accelerator 一同工作了六个月。在加利福尼亚花 费了大量资金后，并没有开拓他们期
待的客户基础后，他们不得不重新考 虑未来的前景。当决定重新定位的时 候，他们偶然得知了这项签证计划。 “我经过一番考虑，在加深了对哈利 法克斯的了解后，做了决定。”胡先 生说，他很高兴如今哈利法克斯已经 是他和妻儿的家。 Skyline是innovacorp推荐的七个新生 公司之一，在250个书面申请中脱颖而 出，通过联邦政府的企业孵化器/促进 程序。Innovacorp于2013年成为可以 推荐企业参与这个计划的组织之一。 Innovacorp公司负责客户联系与沟通的 副总裁Dawn House说：“Innovacorp 相信并会抓住这样的机会。一个良好 的发展环境能让企业家从中受益，而 新斯科舍省正是得益于新生公司的融 入，为其增加新鲜血液和人才。” 胡先生坚信Skyline的技术将会成为零
售业的未来。胡先生倾向于将Skyline 与儿童作为乐高模型基础的平台进行 比较。乐高利用的是面部识别技术， 客户销售管理系统和零售商的销售点 系统。这些板块将被链接到Skyline平 台上，作为操作的枢纽。 胡先生说：“我们整合多种技术来解 决问题。” 通过“智能销售”，购买变得更加便 利。 胡先生说：“我们整合多种技术来解 决问题。Skyline在去年春天（2017） 证明了这一点。该公司在上海推出了 中国第一家自主结账便利店。使用面 部识别和移动支付门户等技术，顾客 在便利店选购他们需要的商品后，他 们从货架上取下的物品会立即添加到 他们的数据卡中，然后在她们离开商 店时向他们收费。
Skyline正在慢慢建立加拿大的客户 群。今年二月，一家野生海参生产商 是该公司在哈利法克斯的第一个客 户，近日即将与一家龙虾出口商达成 交易。 自2014年以来，该公司陆续收到政府 和私人的大量投资后，希望募集更多 的资金。它的目标是50万，这些钱将 用于继续发展和完善智能零售技术。 利用面部识别技术为零售商提供客户 的实时信息，该公司已经启动了一个 有着22个商店的试点项目，直至2018 年年底，胡先生希望在中国和北美至 少有150家门店。 随着零售业在变革的风口浪尖上，胡 先生认为他的公司迎来了机会。 “我们在为零售商们创造一个值得期 待的产品，帮助了当地的公司。”胡 先生说。
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Meet Canada’s first official international student entrepreneur POLESTAR STUDENT IMMIGRATION A 26-year old woman from Shandong, China, is Canada’s first official international student entrepreneur. Nova Scotia nominated Xinpei Sun, who also goes by the name of Stefanie, for immigration through its International Graduate Entrepreneur Program. The novel immigration program was the first in Canada to offer a pathway to citizenship for international students who want to start their own business. Sun started her IT support business, Ubielife.com, right after she finished her second degree at Dalhousie University. “I have always had a dream to start my (own) business (at) some point in my life,� Sun said in an interview with Polestar News. Sun came to Halifax in 2013 as an international student. She completed an honors degree and a master’s degree in economics at Dalhousie University and then launched Ubielife.com in 2015. With the Nova Scotia International Graduate Program, Sun was able to apply for her permanent residency
without having to work for anyone and, as she said, “finish everything� at once. Nova Scotia issued Sun’s nomination in April. Now she is waiting for federal approval of her application for permanent resident status. Encouraging international entrepreneurs is a trend in Canadian immigration. Nova Scotia was the first to create a program specifically for international students. The program was announced in 2015 and launched in 2016. New Brunswick recently launched a similar program and Newfoundland is expected to follow soon. The federal government recently affirmed its new entrepreneurship program. Sun said she didn’t start the company just to immigrate, but the new program encouraged her. “I thought it would be a good chance for me (because) I don’t want to work for someone else for one or two years, then apply for my immigration status.� Immigration Minister Lena Diab said that Nova Scotia started the program because immigration is a key priority for the province. “We believe that international stu-
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加拿大第一个官方国际学生企业家 该文章于极星学生移民网首次发表。 极星学生移民网是一个在线移民信息 平台。
来自中国山东的26岁女子，是加拿大 第一个官方国际学生企业家。 新斯科舍省给予孙欣培（音译）， （也叫Stefanie）以省提名，通过国际 学生企业家项目移民。 这个项目是全 加拿大第一个向希望创业的国际学生 提供公民资格的路径。
济学荣誉学位和硕士学位，并于2015 年创办了Ubielife.com。 通过新斯科舍省国际学生企业家项 目，孙女士有资格申请永久居民，不 必为任何人打工。正如她所说，“毕其 功于一役”。 新斯科舍省在四月份给予孙女士省提 名。 现在她正在等待联邦政府批准她 的永久居民资格的申请。
在达尔豪西大学完成第二个学位后， 欣培立刻开创了 Ubielife.com,一个IT 支持业务。
鼓励国际企业家是加拿大移民的一个 趋势。 新斯科舍省是第一个专门为国 际学生定制了这个项目。 该项目于 2015年公布，并于2016年推出。新不 伦瑞克省最近推出了类似的项目， 纽 芬兰省预计也即将推出。 联邦政府最 近肯定了新的创业计划。
孙女士在接受采访时表示：“我一直都 有一个梦想：开创我自己的事业。”
孙欣培表示，她并非只为移民而创办 该公司，但新的移民项目鼓励了她。
欣培作为国际学生于2013年来到哈利 法克斯。 她在达尔豪西大学完成了经
“我以为这是一个很好的机会（因为） 我不想为别人工作一两年，然后申请
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移民部长莱娜·迪亚博说，新斯科舍 省启动了该项目，因为移民是该省的 重点优先事务。
据陈先生介绍，他也参与了向政府提 出建议的过程，以使该项目得以开发 出来。
“我们相信国际学生是理想的移民候 选人，”迪亚博说。
陈先生发现国际学生企业家项目的一 些术语含糊不清。
“国际毕业生企业家分支的推出是一 件自然而然的事情，因为在此之前， 国际学生自己创业于法无据。”
“例如，该项目要求企业在财务上保 持健康。 这意味着什么？”
这个开创性的项目的确遭遇了批评意 见。 有些人说，省政府要求新近毕业生必 须是企业的唯一所有者、且该学生在 申请省级提名之前就需运行该企业一 年是不合理的。 陈庆（音译）八年前来到哈利法克 斯。 他于2010年创办了“故乡家具和 床垫”。他的业务得以扩大，并在爱 德华王子岛的夏洛特市增开了分店
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Entrepreneur CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4 dents are ideal candidates for immigration,” Diab said. “The International Graduate Entrepreneur stream was a natural because before it, it was actually not lawful for an international student to start their own business.” The pioneering program does have critics. Some have said it’s unreasonable for the province to require that recent graduates are the sole owners of the new business and that student run it for a year before applying for a provincial nomination. Qing Chen came to Halifax eight years ago. He started his business Hometown Furniture & Mattress in 2010 and has expanded the business, adding a store in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. According to Chen, he was also involved in the beginning process of
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forming a proposal to the government in order to make the program happen. Chen finds some of the terms of the International Graduate Entrepreneur program ambiguous. “For example, the program requires the business to be financially healthy. What does that mean?” Sun’s story is a little bit different. With the support from her family she was able to start Ubielife.com solely on her own. After acknowledging the fact that the stream is the first of its kind and there were no previous cases to learn from, Sun hired an immigration lawyer to deal with the paperwork and a business consultant to make sense of the business requirements in the immigration program. “To be honest, my application was very smooth. I didn’t meet any challenges or problems.” Polestar Student Immigration is an online immigration network (www.studentimmigration.ca).
International students a pillar of growth in Atlantic Canada POLESTAR STUDENT IMMIGRATION International enrolment continues to rise in Atlantic universities while overall enrolment continues to decline. The number of international students enrolled at Atlantic Canada’s 16 universities has doubled since 2007, according to a recent report of the Association of Atlantic Universities. The data matches the overall national trend of universities seeing higher growth in international enrolments compared to domestic. Current international enrolment in Atlantic universities stands at 13,784 compared to 6,464 in 2007. The universities witnessed an average growth of 8.2 per cent a year over the last 11
years. Growth was a little lower this year, with four per cent more international students enrolled this fall compared to a year ago. The numbers do not include language schools, community colleges, high schools or private institutions. Dalhousie University has the largest international cohort, with 3,554 students, with Memorial Universitycoming in second with 2,637. Saint Mary’s University was one of several institutions to see a decline in international enrolment. Saint Mary’s relies heavily on international enrolment, with almost a third of its students coming from outside Canada. International enrolment declined three
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We are fully committed to working collaboratively . . . to help create a working environment that encourages international students to stay . . . Alaa Abd-El-Aziz
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 7 per cent at Saint Mary’s this fall, dropping to 2,056 international students. Mount Saint Vincent University, Universite de Ste. Anne, St. Francis Xavier University, Mount Allison University, Universite de Moncton and University of New Brunswick also enrolled fewer international students this year compared to last year. Alaa Abd-El-Aziz, president of the University of Prince Edward Island and chair of the Association of Atlantic Universities said the data is good news for the region. “A key pillar of the Atlantic Growth Strategy is immigration and retention of New Canadians in the region,” Abd-El-Aziz said. Meanwhile overall enrolment continues to be on the decline, a trend that is also seen on national level. The slump is attributed to declining numbers within the 18-24 age group and has been predicted by demographers in Canada for years as birth rates decline. The Atlantic universities recorded an overall enrolment of 73,079 which was 0.3 per cent lower compared to last year. Enrolment in Atlantic universities has been declining since 2013 and is now at the levels of the pre-recession
The number of international students has doubled in Atlantic Canada. (AAU data, chart by Bala Yogesh) 加拿大大西洋的国际学生人数增加了一倍。（AAU数据芭拉·约戈士提供图表）
Full-time enrolment is declining in Atlantic Canada. (AAU data. Chart by Bala Yogesh) 加拿大大西洋的全日制学生注册人数下降。（AAU数据芭拉·约戈士提供图表）
period of 2008. Much of the decline is at the undergraduate level while the graduate levels have seen some increase in the numbers. According to a survey conducted by AAU, 65 per cent of international students indicated that they would like to stay in the region. However, many reports have come out in the recent past which indicate that these international students are leaving Canada after graduation due to confusion among immigration programs. “We are fully committed to working collaboratively with employers, communities and governments to help create a working environment that encourages international students to stay following their graduation,” AbdEl-Aziz said.
国际学生是加拿大大西洋省份增长的支柱 该文章于极星学生移民网首次发表。 极星学生移民网是一个在线移民信息 平台。 虽然大西洋各大学的总入学人数持续 下降，但国际学生人数却持续增加。 根据大西洋大学协会最近的一份报告, 自2007年以来，加拿大大西洋地区的 16所大学招收的国际学生人数翻了一 番。 这些数据与全国大学整体趋 势 相 仿国际学生注册增长率高于国内学生的 增长率。 目前大西洋省大学的国际招生人数为 13,784人，而2007年则为6,464人。过
去11年来，大学平均每年增长8.2％。 今年的增长率稍低一些，今年秋季入学 的国际学生比一年前增加了4％。这些 数字不包括语言学校，社区学院，高中 或私立教育机构的学生。 达尔豪西大学拥有最大的国际学生队 伍，共有3,554名学生，纪念大学排名 第二，达2,637名。 圣玛丽大学是国际入学率下降的几个机 构之一。 圣玛丽学院非常依赖国际 招 生，几乎三分之一的学生来自境 外。 今年秋季，圣玛丽国际招生人数下降 3％，国际学生人数下降到2,056 人。 圣文森特大学, 圣安妮大学,圣弗 朗 西
斯泽维尔大学，阿利森山大学，蒙克顿 大学和新不伦瑞克大学今年招收的国际 学生人数也比去年少。 爱德华王子岛大学校长，大西洋大学协 会主席阿拉·阿卜杜勒·阿齐兹表 示, 这些数据对于该地区来说是个好消息。 阿卜杜勒·阿齐兹说：“移民和留在这 个地区的新加拿大人是大西洋发展战略 的 一个重要支柱。” 同时，招生规模持续呈现下降趋势，这 一趋势在全国也是如此。18-24岁年龄 组的人口下降归因于人口减 少，加拿 大的人口学家已经预测了出生率会下 降。
大西洋大学总入学人数为73,079人， 比去年减少0.3个百分点。 自2013年以 来，大西洋各大学的入学人数一直在下 降，目前与2008年经济衰退前持 平。 招生人数下降大多数是本科层次的，而 研究生层次的招生人数则有所增 加。 根据AAU的调查，有65％的国际学生 表示希望留在该地区。 不过，最近有 不少报道显示，这些国际学生毕业后 由于移民项目的混乱而离开加拿大。 阿卜杜勒·阿齐兹说：“我们全力与雇 主，社区和政府合作，帮助创造一个环 境以鼓励留学生毕业后留下来。”
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The Chinese character ‘中’ QIANYI GAO One of the most frequently used Chinese characters is 中. It is one of the first characters Chinese language learners will encounter since it appears when they say ‘China’ or ‘Chinese language.’ The shape of the character is a centre line in the middle of a rectangle. Western people tend to pronounce it as ‘John;’ the Pinyin for the symbol is ‘zhong.’ ‘中 Zhong’ is also one of the simplest characters in shape. It originated from the image of an ancient flag. The centre line indicated a flagpole. The rectangle part was the flag. The character is easy to recognize because it is symmetrical vertically and horizontally. Also, since it has only four strokes compared to most other characters, the character ‘中’can be easily memorized. Despite the simple shape, the character has a broad range of meanings. The basic meaning of it is ‘middle’ or ‘centre.’ So midway is ‘中 Zhong Tu,’ and the middle of a month is ‘月 Yue Zhong’. In English, the words ‘middle’ and ‘medium’ have the same root. So do they in Chinese. 中 also means ‘medium.’ For example, medium size is: 中号 Zhong Hao. China is called ‘中国 Zhong Guo’ namely, ‘the centre state.’ Now, we know that the earth is round and there can be no ‘center’ state, scientifically. However, in the mind of the ancient Chinese, the place where Henan province is located was ‘the centre state.’ This is acceptable because historically, the early civilization of china is regarded to be occurred around the Yellow River. ‘He’ means the Yellow River in ancient Chinese, and ‘Henan’ means the southern part of the Yellow River. The colour which the river appears, the yellow colour, is called 中色 Zhong Se. The “center colour”? Yes. In ancient Five Elements theory, there are five
The character 中 is easy to remember as it’s symmetrical horizontally and vertically. “中”这个字很好认，因为它上下左右均对称。
main colours: green, red, white, black and yellow, and the colours also represent directions. Green — East, Red — South, White — West, Black — North and Yellow — Centre. Interestingly, the yellow was the colour for emperors, and if ordinary people appeared in this color, they would be severely punished. During the China’s long history, the meaning of the character 中 was expanded. It can mean suitable, or proper. For example, 中用 Zhong Yong means useful, and 中听 Zhong Ting means ‘pleasing to ear.’ In Henan dialect, 中 Zhong means ‘All right!’ However, when the word is used as a verb, it means ‘get caught or hit,’ as not all things turn out to be good. For example, 中诡计 means ‘get caught in a trap.’ There are some more important meanings which should be discussed. More related to our mind and heart. But it will be too long for this edition. Let us talk about it again next time.
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The most common meaning for the character 中 is “in the middle/centre of ”. 中最基本的含义是“中间”或 “中心”。
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汉字“中” 高倩艺 这是最常用的汉字之一。汉语学习者 很快就会遇到它。 因为他们要说 "中国 " 或 "中国语文"时，它就会出现。字形 是一根竖线中间有一个矩形。西方人将 其字音发为 "John", 而它的拼音为 "zhong"。 "中" 字字形也简单。它起源于对旗帜的 摹写。中心线表示旗杆。其他部分是旗 子和条幅。这个字容易辨认, 因为它不 论在垂直方向，还是水平方向，都对 称。此外, 与大多数汉字相比, 它笔划 不多，才四划, 容易识记。 “中”字外形看起来简单, 含义却不 少。其基本含义是 "中间" 或 "中心"。 所以我们说midway为 "中途", In the middle of a month 是 "月中"。在英语中, "middle" 和 "medi-
um" 有相同的词根, 类 似地，在汉语中, “中”也可以表达 "medium"。例如, Medium Size: 中号。 China的汉语是"中国", 即 "中心之国"。 我们现在知道地球是圆的, 没有什么 " 中心"国。然而, 在古人心中, 河南省所 处的地方是 "中心"。这也很自然, 因为 历史上, 中国的早期文明被认为是在黄 河流域发生的。"河"在古代专指黄河,而 河南意思是黄河的南边。 黄河的颜色——黄色被称为中色。中心 的颜色？是的。在古代五行理论中,有 五种主要颜色： 绿、红、白、黑和 黄。这些颜色也代表方位。绿-东, 红南, 白-西, 黑-北，黄-中。顺便说一 下，黄色是皇帝专用的颜色.普通百姓 使用这种颜色, 在过去，会受严惩，甚 至招来灭顶之灾。 在漫长的历史长河中, 汉字"中" 的意义 得到不断的扩展。它的意思可能是”适
The character “中” is originated from an image of an ancient flag. 汉子“中”起源于对旗帜的摹写。
当的”。例如, "中用" 意思是有用, "中听 " 意思是 "让听者喜欢"。 在河 南 方言中, "中Zhong!" 意思是 "可以!"。 不过, 当 这个词被用作动词时, 意为 “准确命中”,因而结果并不全是好
的。例如, “中诡 计”。 还有更多与我们的思想和心灵有关的 意义可以讨论。但本篇容纳不下了。 我们下次再聊。
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