1. Vanuatu was one of the few places that was colonised jointly by two countries. 瓦努阿图是少数几个由两个国家共同殖民的国家之一。
2. Both were colonised by small European seafaring nations before gaining independence within 50 years of each other. 两国赢得独立的年份，前后不超过50年，之前，皆是欧洲航海小国的殖民地。
3. Otherwise it risks becoming just another coastal city in China, albeit one that happened to be colonised for a century and a half by the British. 若非如此，它可能成为中国又一个沿海城市——尽管这个城市碰巧被英国殖民统治了一个半世纪。
