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23 Jan 2023, 7:20 am

Some Asian Americans fear House China panel will fuel bigotry


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23 Jan 2023, 11:58 am

They have good reason to be afraid. Look at the spike in Anti-Asian hate crimes in the wake of the “Wuhan Flu”


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23 Jan 2023, 1:26 pm

It's almost like they're aware that yellow peril hasn't gone away and they understand this will likely fuel it.


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