Opinion Anti China Is Not Anti Asian The Washington Post Amid widening u.s. china tensions, american extremists and officials alike are stoking fears that will start another surge of racism toward chinese people and others of asian descent . How does anti asian racism impact chinese students in the u.s.? china sends more students to study in the united states than any other nation, with around 300,000 chinese national students studying here each year.
Opinion The Most Effective Way To Fight Back Against Anti Asian Hate Cnn Jing yu’s study on chinese international students’ experiences of racism in times of crisis found that asian students are missing in racial discourse in the us, and that covid 19, geopolitical tensions with china and anti asian racism has put them in a vulnerable situation. As the us and china jockey for dominance, anti chinese bigotry is driving visa denials for students and scholars. The largest international student group (317,299 or 34.7%) in the us, the chinese international students have recently been caught up in the crossfire of escalating geopolitical tensions between the us and china, provoking intense policy debate in american society (fu, 2021). Chinese students make up the largest number of international students in the us, but that number is dropping. the rise in anti asian hate crimes fueled by the pandemic may be a contributing factor to this trend.
Chinese Students Academics Say They Re Facing Extra Scrutiny Entering The largest international student group (317,299 or 34.7%) in the us, the chinese international students have recently been caught up in the crossfire of escalating geopolitical tensions between the us and china, provoking intense policy debate in american society (fu, 2021). Chinese students make up the largest number of international students in the us, but that number is dropping. the rise in anti asian hate crimes fueled by the pandemic may be a contributing factor to this trend. This study is guided by two research questions: 1) how did chinese international students cope with the evolving pandemic and us china geopolitical tensions? 2) how did they perceive race and racism before and after their arrival in the us?. This article examines how chinese international students perceived u.s. racial justice movements, such as black lives matter and stop asian hate protests, given the sociopolitical context of u.s.–china geopolitical tensions, the covid 19 pandemic, and the surging tides of anti asian racism and violence.
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