华人在澳挖蚬惹恼当地居民引发种族歧视讨论_时事

华人在澳挖蚬惹恼当地居民引发种族歧视讨论

据外媒报道，过去8年，澳大利亚维省海岸小镇金星湾(Venus Bay)成为挖蚬胜地，尤其在盛夏，逾2500名“一日游”游客自墨尔本涌入，绝大多数是中国人。这股挖蚬热潮引起当地居民强烈不满，更衍生割车胎、破坏财物等罪行。居民坚称没有种族歧视，而是担心游客造成的环境及社会问题。

Tyre slashing, vandalism and racially charged incidents are all part of the storm that has been brewing in the otherwise quaint Victorian coastal town of Venus Bay.

维多利亚省古朴的海岸小镇金星湾接连上演割车胎、破坏财物、种族歧视等事件，一场风暴正在酝酿。

And it all centres on the innocuous shellfish - the pipi.

而这场风暴的中心竟是无毒贝类生物——蚬。

At the height of summer, when the conditions are right, more than 2,500 predominately Chinese people can be found digging up the coastline of Venus Bay, 175 kilometres south-east of Melbourne, in search of pipis to eat.

金星湾位于墨尔本东南边175公里处，盛夏时节适宜挖蚬，到这时会有2500多人在金星湾海边挖蚬来当食材，其中主要是中国人。

It has prompted a fierce push back by locals, who insist their concerns about the daytrippers are not racist but are instead driven by environmental and social concerns.