{"id":24614,"date":"2020-02-11T18:17:53","date_gmt":"2020-02-11T18:17:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/?p=24614"},"modified":"2020-02-14T16:46:10","modified_gmt":"2020-02-14T16:46:10","slug":"if-it-wasnt-coronavirus-itd-be-something-else-coronaracism-rises-in-the-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/if-it-wasnt-coronavirus-itd-be-something-else-coronaracism-rises-in-the-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"“If it wasn’t Coronavirus it’d be something else” – ‘Coronaracism’ rises in the UK"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Racism towards East Asian people in the UK has followed growing anxiety around the Coronavirus outbreak.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Robin Zhang was walking home with friends when he was abused by strangers who referred to him as the virus itself. He’s a student from mainland China and says that recent news about the virus has given the opportunity to abuse people like him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UK reported its eighth case of coronavirus yesterday, a week after the disease was first diagnosed in the UK. 108 people died in Mainland China yesterday, bringing the total death toll to over 1,000 in the country. Worldwide, 43,000 people are infected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This has lead to paranoia and racism directed towards Chinese and East Asian people, who are generalised as carriers of the virus. Cardiff is not excluded, and people living and studying here have been subject to abuse. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Robin Zhang @zsl11913<\/a> tells us about his experience of #Coronaracism<\/a> in #Cardiff<\/a>, follow our thread for reaction from Cardiff SU President Jackie Yip soon! pic.twitter.com\/3KniFcE0Ua<\/a><\/p>— Cardiff Broadcast (@BroadcastCJS) February 11, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote>