Queens lawmakers call for solidarity as attacks increase against Asian Americans amid the coronavirus outbreak
Photo by Dean Moses(From l. to r.) City Councilman Donovan Richards, State Assemblyman Rodneyse Bichotte, State Senator John Liu, State Assemblymen Ron Kim, Clyde Vanel and Congresswoman Grace Meng address the rise in incidents involving bias, violence and potential hate crimes against the Asian-American community amid the coronavirus outbreak. Local lawmakers are standing in solidarity […]
Nationwide Chinese criminal organization uncovered by Utah Walmart employees
SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) – Two Chinese citizens are in custody after Walmart loss prevention employees in American Fork and Saratoga Springs alerted Utah police to a nationwide criminal organization based out of China. Arrested were 33-year-old Shuyan Wang and 35-year-old Junliang Tang, who both arrived in the United States on December 18, 2019, with […]
Trump Condemned for Labelling Coronavirus “China Virus”
Several Republicans, including President Trump, are being criticized for labelling the coronavirus the “China virus,” according to The Washington Post. Trump reiterated the need to build a U.S.-Mexico border wall to protect Americans from the “China virus” in a tweet: “Going up fast. We need the Wall more than ever!” House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, Secretary […]
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 […]
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 […]