The discovery of the island's phosphate by the Germans at the beginning of the twentieth century changed the fate of the island and opened the way for Chinese immigration to this remote piece of earth.
遠在廿世紀初葉，德國人就發現島上的磷礦。這個發現，改變了諾魯整個的命運，也揭開了中國人在這片土地上落足的開端。