The greatest number of Chinese on the island was 2,000, but as deposits diminished the workers gradually left, until now only about 200 or 300 Chinese remain. Nauru's phosphate deposits lie open to the air.
隨著採礦工作的拓展，中國人在諾魯最多時曾有兩千人，然而當磷礦愈開愈少，中國，工人也漸漸離去，現在只剩下二、三百人。