It has been many centuries since the Mediterranean Sea was the centre of civilisation. But in 2011 the Med was back – not just as a holiday destination – but at the very centre of world affairs. This was a year of global indignation, from the Occupy Wall Street movement to the Moscow election protests and China’s village revolts. It was popular protests on either side of the Mediterranean – in Tahrir Square in Cairo and Syntagma Square in Athens – that set the tone for 2011.
現在距地中海為文明中心的時代已有許多個世紀了。但在2011年，地中海又重返舞臺。這一次，它扮演的角色不只是度假目的地，它還是全球性事件的“中心點”。今年是憤怒之火在全球燃起的一年：從“占領華爾街”運動(Occupy Wall Street)，到莫斯科的選舉抗議，再到中國村鎮民眾的反抗。地中海兩岸——開羅解放廣場(Tahrir Square)和雅典憲法廣場(Syntagma square)——的民眾抗議，設定了2011年的基調。
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