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· Carl Samson
US warns against travel to China over ‘arbitrary’ enforcement of local laws, COVID-19 restrictions
The U.S. State Department issued a travel warning against China on Monday over its “arbitrary enforcement of local laws and COVID-19 restrictions.” China is currently battling its biggest COVID-19 surge in two years with its zero-COVID policy. The travel advisory specifically…
· Jane Nam
Largest Chinese city to date, tens of millions put on strict COVID lockdown after record outbreak
China reported over 5,100 new COVID cases on Tuesday, March 15, causing several cities to go into lockdown. The rapid increase in infections marks a stark difference from February, when there were only a few dozen reported cases. Unexpected lockdowns have also created panic…
· Jiselle Lee
Video: Chinese COVID-19 patients confined to metal boxes in quarantine camps
Photos and videos of quarantine camps in Xi’an were revealed online this week. Twitter user @songpinganq reshared a string of videos taken by quarantined individuals showing the rows of temporary housing and the scarce conditions inside the boxes. Social media users say…
· Jiselle Lee
COVID locked-down Xi’an sees tragedies, food complications mount
Xi’an’s “zero COVID” policy has forced the city of 13 million people into strict home confinement for two weeks. A woman who was eight months pregnant at the time of the lockdown lost her baby after a hospital refused her entry without a COVID-19 test. Footage of her outside the…
· Carl Samson
China says it can beat COVID-19 Omicron variant as world rushes to impose travel bans
While many parts of the world are imposing new travel restrictions to counter the emergence of the COVID-19 Omicron variant, China is confident about beating it through a policy it has used to fight other strains. About the Omicron variant: The B.1.1.529 variant, officially…
· Grace Kim
Veteran Hong Kong actor Kenneth Tsang, who appeared in ‘A Better Tomorrow’ and ‘Supercop,’ dies at 87
Veteran actor Kenneth Tsang was found dead inside his hotel room in Hong Kong on Wednesday. The actor was following quarantine orders, as he had just returned home from Singapore two days prior. Tsang’s career spanned over 60 years with over 200 acting credits. While he was…
· Carl Samson
Panic buying triggered as Shanghai residents are fenced behind metal barriers for ‘hard quarantine’
Shanghai residents are now behind metal barriers as the city enters its fourth week of lockdown amid an Omicron outbreak. Government workers and volunteers installed the green fences measuring 2 meters (around 6.5 feet) tall over the weekend across small streets and on entrances…
· Carl Samson
Asian Uber Driver Coughed on, Pepper Sprayed By Racist Riders in SF
An Asian Uber driver in San Francisco has filed a police report after being threatened and harassed by racist passengers on Sunday afternoon. The Nepalese driver, who goes by Subhakar, picked up three riders in the Bayview neighborhood at around 12:45 p.m. and noticed that one…
· Leena Yin
#Asians4BlackLives in 2020
Editor’s Note: This article was originally published on Medium. The opinions expressed in this piece are solely those of the author. CW: murder, racism, xenophobia, violence
· Carl Samson
‘Coronavirus’ Prank Targeting Korean Student Ends in Violent Brawl and Gun Drawn
An alleged prank making use of coronavirus posters escalated into a violent brawl that concluded with a gun pointed at a South Korean exchange student. The incident, which involved multiple people, occurred in a dorm room at Angelo State University (ASU) in San Angelo, Texas on…
· Carl Samson
3 Women Fight Over Toilet Paper at Store in Australia During Coronavirus Panic
A trio of female shoppers found themselves in a scuffle over limited toilet paper at a supermarket in New South Wales, Australia last weekend. The incident, which was caught in a now-viral video, took place at a Woolworths in the suburb of Chullora, Greater Western Sydney on…