Globalization is making the world smaller, faster and richer. Still,9/11 and avian flu, remind us that a smaller, faster world is not necessarily a safer world.

• 全球化正在使地球变得愈来愈小、来愈快和愈来愈富有。尽管如此，9/1、流感及伊朗提醒我们，更小更快的世界决不意味着其更安全。