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Sinophobia, the new Islamophobia |
2023-11-07 |
[Aljazeera] Millions of liberals and conservatives across the country — consciously or unconsciously — harbour anti-Chinese sentiments. They view those of Chinese ancestry and other Asian Americans, as competent and hard-working but also cunning, unidimensional and clannish. After all, if the virus had originated in Sweden, would we be seeing the same kinds of attacks on Scandinavian Americans? The prevalence and intensity of Sinophobia has shifted with the changing political, economic, and social relationship between the US and China. According to a recent report from the Pew Research Center, 73 percent of Americans hold an unfavourable view of China, up from 47 percent in 2018. The escalating trade war, China’s human rights abuses, and Trump’s rhetoric have triggered the shift. |
Posted by:Besoeker |
#8 Dear, dear Canuckistan sniper — that was really funny! |
Posted by: trailing wife 2023-11-07 22:05 |
#7 Well I think that this is the start of a slippery slope. I do not like the slant of this article at all. It exposes the chink in the armor of the writer. Next thing you know we'll all have to learn Sino language. |
Posted by: Canuckistan sniper 2023-11-07 21:53 |
#6 ...and the Russian government and the American government. |
Posted by: Procopius2k 2023-11-07 14:18 |
#5 I remember after Nixon went to China, Chou En Lai said something to the effect that he had no quarrel with the American people, only the American government. Well, I feel the same way about China. |
Posted by: Abu Uluque 2023-11-07 12:08 |
#4 SUING THE SWEDISH BIKINI TEAM |
Posted by: Skidmark 2023-11-07 07:45 |
#3 Make the Heavenly Kingdom Great Again unfortunately involves territorial expansion. People notice. |
Posted by: Procopius2k 2023-11-07 06:56 |
#2 I know what would've happen if the virus originated in Israel. |
Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2023-11-07 06:11 |
#1 But the virus did not originate in Sweden did it. Walmart, Target, and Lowes are not full of Swedish made merchandise are they. Swedish spies have not filled our institutions of higher learning, attempted to purchase large tracks of land, or conducted economic espionage. The Swedes aren't threating to invade free, democratic Taiwan, or attempting to recruit our politicians. There existed a huge anti-Japanese sentiment following Pearl Harbor. After Imperial Japanese expansionism in Asia was crushed. The sentiment quietly subsided. She doesn't look Swedish, does she ? "The facts please, just the facts." |
Posted by: Besoeker 2023-11-07 05:49 |