NEW YORK – This year has witnessed a global wave of social and political turmoil and instability, with masses of people pouring into the real and virtual streets: the Arab Spring; riots in London; Israel’s middle-class protests against high housing prices and an inflationary squeeze on living standards; protesting Chilean students; the destruction in Germany of the expensive cars of “fat cats”;
纽约——今年，社会、政治动荡和不稳定的浪潮席卷全球，群众纷纷走上真实或虚拟的街头：阿拉伯之春、伦敦骚乱、以色列中产阶级的反通胀示威、智利大学生游行、德国“肥佬”豪车被毁风潮、印度反腐风暴、腐败与不平等让中国“不高兴”，如今，“占领华尔街”运动在纽约和全美如火如荼。