but still, chen is restless. jimmy: if my business is having problems, i can't sleep. my brain starts rattling. the chinese mentality is to work hard. i once did double shifts for three years straight. reporter: chen's son is slated to take over the family business. the supply of wood seems endless, labor in suriname is cheap, and the government is generous. xu: no, they don't put any conditions, not for export at all. no, nothing. reporter: and it's easy getting chinese workers into the country. having employees with the same mentality as the bosses makes things easier. suriname's valuable resource appears to be firmlyn chinese hands. locals like paulus are only employed as manual laborers. the former dutch colony is tiny compared to other south american countries. it has a population of just 550,000. different communities live together peacefully. the mosque stands right next to the synagogue. these days, people of chinese descent make up some 10% of the population. the government sees china as an engine of development that it can control. ferdinand: they are a little