Conservative lawmakers, commentators labeled ‘racist’ for calling COVID-19 ‘Chinese’ or ‘Wuhan’ virus
Chinese officials are pushing back on the expression “Wuhan coronavirus” — saying the name used frequently by American conservative leaders and commentators to describe the place COVID-19 originated unfairly stigmatizes the Asian nation and borders on being racist. The coronavirus was first detected in Wuhan, China, in December. At that time, many media around the world began referring […]
Asian Man Fights for His Life After Getting Stabbed Over a Dozen Times in Brookly
An Asian man is in critical condition after getting stabbed multiple times in Brooklyn, New York City over the weekend. The incident, which was caught in several videos (viewer discretion advised), reportedly took place on 8th Ave. near 57th St. in Sunset Park, just after 7 p.m. on Saturday. TOP ARTICLES2/5Guardian Angels Protect AsianAmericans in NYC Chinatown From […]
Men Yelling “Chinese” Tried To Punch Her Off Her Bike. She’s The Latest Victim Of Racist Attacks Linked To Coronavirus.
LONDON — It happened when Jiye Seong-Yu, a 29-year-old Korean interpreter who lives in the Netherlands, was biking the 10 minutes home from the Monday dance class she looks forward to every week. Two men with brown hair and beards driving past her on a scooter yelled out “Chinese,” and the man sitting on the […]
Graphic video shows man stabbed in Brooklyn
A man is clinging to life after he was stabbed more than a dozen times in a bloody Brooklyn attack, police said. Li Qianyang, 48, was walking on 8th Avenue around 7:11 p.m. Saturday when an unknown assailant stalked up behind him and stabbed him 13 times in the back, head, arms, and chest before […]
Teacher and Chinese wife thrown out of restaurant amid coronavirus fears
A British man has told how he and his Asian wife were refused a meal in a restaurant and asked to leave over coronavirus fears because they had just landed in the UK from China. Matthew Moore, 37, says he and wife Huang Quan Xiang, 32, were “rudely” asked to leave by a restaurateur who […]
Seventy trapped after Chinese coronavirus quarantine hotel collapses
Illustration of a collapsed building. (Shutterstock.com/VioNetta) About 70 people were trapped on Saturday after a five-story hotel being used for coronavirus quarantine collapsed in the port city of Quanzhou in southeast China, state media said. A live video stream posted by the government-backed Beijing News site showed rescue workers in orange overalls clambering over mounds […]
Vietnamese Artist Dropped From UK Exhibit Because ‘Asians Are Seen as Coronavirus Carriers’
Carriers’ A Vietnamese artist and curator in the U.K. has become the latest target of COVID-19 racism after getting banned from attending an art fair in London because “Asians are being seen as carriers of the virus.” An Nguyen was supposed to assist in the exhibit for Raquelle Azran, a dealer specializing in contemporary Vietnamese fine art, […]
State Department considers fighting ‘birth tourism’ with tighter travel restrictions for pregnant women
On Tuesday, while much of the nation was preoccupied with the Super Tuesday presidential primaries, federal immigration agents swarmed three dozen sites in Southern California in a crackdown on alleged operators of so-called “birth tourism” businesses. Such businesses can charge pregnant women from foreign countries as much as $50,000 for services that include lodging, meals and transportation to and […]
L.A. Officials Say Asian Teen Was Assaulted, Bullied Over Coronavirus Fears
An Asian middle school student in Los Angeles County was sent to the emergency room this week after being assaulted over unfounded fears of the coronavirus outbreak, according to local authorities. L.A. County officials held a news conference on Thursday to condemn the rise in anti-Asian sentiment, fearmongering and apparent violence that stems from misinformation […]
Armed ex-guard holds 30 hostage in Philippines mall
Members of a police SWAT team arrive after a hostage situation was reported at a mall in suburban Manila in March 2, 2020. (AFP/Ted Aljibe) Heavily armed police were in a standoff Monday with a disgruntled former security guard who took at least 30 people hostage in a Philippines shopping mall. Workers and customers streamed […]