Cyprus, of course, is just the latest country to be hit by the economic crisis surging through the Mediterranean. For years, Cyprus had an immense banking bubble, with the sector’s assets estimated at roughly seven times the country’s GDP, as foreign money poured into a tax haven within the eurozone’s secure environment.
当然，塞浦路斯在地中海国家中充其量是遭受经济危机打击的最新实例。多年以来，随着境外资金争相涌入欧元区安全环境中的避税天堂，塞浦路斯积累了巨大的金融泡沫，其银行资产预计约为国内生产总值的7倍。