However, there is still a sharp divide between east and west Germany.

在这里输入译文但是，德国的东西部之间仍然存在显著差距。

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The once bare corridor separating former East and West Germany is now verdant.

曾经分割东西德的贫瘠走廊现如今已是草木繁盛。

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Unlike East and West Germany, the two Yemens remained relatively friendly, though relations were often strained.

不像东德和西德，两个也门保持了相对友善的关系，虽然关系是时常紧张的。

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They were inspired by the fall of the Berlin Wall a week earlier, which had divided East and West Germany for more than a quarter of a century.

VOA: standard.2009.11.17

The Wall stood for nearly three decades, dividing the city and Germany into East and West.

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In the 1970s, Vietnamese people came to both East and West Germany in large numbers.

BBC: Berlin��s kitschy and flavourful Little Vietnam

In 1990, East and West Germany formally united at midnight, burying 45 years of Cold War division.

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East and West Germany illustrate the power of markets too, but nothing is so telling as the disparate living standards between North and South Korea.

FORBES: North Korea's Plight Proves the Power of Markets