Tourists wearing masks cross a street outside a shopping mall in Kuala Lumpur January 29, 2020. — Reuters pic
But as far away as France, a newspaper has come under fire for its “Yellow Alert” headline, echoing a historic Western racist term “Yellow Peril” used to sow fear of Asian influence, while authorities and schools in Toronto, Canada, have warned against discrimination against Chinese Canadians. “Stop eating bats,” said one Twitter user in Thailand, the top destination for Chinese tourists. “Not surprising that the Chinese are making new diseases,” anotherChina’s foreign ministry did not immediately respond to a faxed request for comment. China has said the virus outbreak should not be politicised.
Vietnam, which was under Chinese occupation centuries ago and contests Beijing’s sweeping maritime claims in the South China Sea, has particularly fraught relations with China.Over 60 per cent of respondents to a poll of Southeast Asian officials, academics and other professionals said in a survey this month that they distrusted China. Nearly 40 per cent said they thought China was “a revisionist power and intends to turn Southeast Asia into its sphere of influence”.
But earlier this week, a group of Chinese tourists in Padang, in Indonesia’s West Sumatra, were met by locals holding a banner that read: “We, the West Sumatran Communities, reject the visit of Chinese tourists.”
Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)
GEanalyst Only humans that without Clear-Sightedness will behave anti-China yet they didn't know many products made in the West actually produced in China! Stupid them!
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