NEW YORK – An increasingly obvious paradox has emerged in global financial markets this year. Though geopolitical risks – the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the rise of the Islamic State and growing turmoil across the Middle East, China’s territorial disputes with its neighbors, and now mass protests in Hong Kong and the risk of a crackdown – have multiplied, markets have remained buoyant, if not downright bubbly.
纽约—今年，全球金融市场出现了一个日益明显的悖论。尽管地缘政治风险四起——俄罗斯-乌克兰冲突、伊斯兰国崛起和中东日益动荡、中国与邻国的领土纠纷，再加上眼下的香港群众游行和镇压风险——但市场仍然欢腾不止。