In recent years, every major meeting among industrialized nations having anything to do with economic globalization has been accompanied by rioting and protests. In particular, the huge riots in Seattle in 1999 have ignited a big upsurge in opposition to globalization. The G8 summit held this past July in Genoa, Italy was besieged by over 100,000 protesters.
近年，每次工業國家召開與經濟全球化有關的會議，一定出現大暴動，前年十二月的西雅圖衝突點燃了反全球化的浪潮；今年七月，八大工業國在義大利熱那亞召開高峰會，也遭到十萬名抗議人士圍堵。