Tiny societies of pearl divers, coastal merchants, and nomadic Bedouin were transformed in the last half of the 20th century by oil and natural-gas wealth.

自二十世纪后半叶以来，在石油和天然气财富推动下，昔日的采珠人阶层、海滩商贩们和贝都因游牧部落早已改天换地。

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At last, the man got the pearl.

最后，这个人拿到了珍珠。

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Gaoming District, Foshan City, known as "the Pearl River Delta after the garden" reputation, is the last piece of the Pearl River Delta Land.

佛山市高明区素有“珠三角后花园”的美誉，是珠三角的最后一块净土。

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Mr Wang's rethink was triggered by a spate of 200-odd strikes last year in the Pearl River delta that began in May with workers downing tools at a Honda car-parts factory in Foshan, near Guangzhou.

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