Chinese Xenophobia

Sinophobia

Western people will not admit to it but many of them do not like Chinese people at all.

Worse, they cannot distinguish Asians and assume most Asian looking people are Chinese.

Of course, many Westerners also do not like other Asian people -- Indians, Pakistanis, Vietnamese, Filipinos and other Asians whose accents they cannot understand. Although only a few will admit to it.

Wuhan Bat Soup Effect

Of course with the media focused on the eating habits of some Chinese people and the spread of the new virus worldwide, many people have started to show how they really feel about Asians (particularly the Chinese) -- bashing, ridiculing, hurting, isolating and trolling them online and out in the real world.

Ignorance

But please, let us be aware that not all Asian looking people are Chinese. Far from it. For sure there are lots of Chinese people so there is a fairly good enough chance that an Asian looking person is Chinese (okay only about a 1 in 3 chance, so not really good odds to bet on -- yes I had to do the quick math for you).

But even if they are really Chinese, many Chinese abroad are foreign born, in fact, many of them have not even been to China yet, like you and me and they as westernized as we are. They eat the same disgusting Western food we eat.

Masks

Sure, many Asians wear surgical masks (and funny hats and gloves and sleeves). But even if they do wear those masks it does not mean they have the novel coronavirus.

If they are coughing, then by all means stay away from them. But that goes for everyone else regardless if they are Asian or not.

Not going to a Chinese restaurant, not buying food from China or Chinese made products, well there might actually be some good things that will come from these. I might be inclined to not rant on these.

Coronavirus Pandemic

But again -- not all Chinese eat bats and cats and other exotic animals. Not all Chinese have travelled to China or even want to visit there. Not all Chinese are carriers of the bat virus. And please sinophobia is a disease, don't let others know you are sick with it. But there might be a cure -- eat orange or kungpao chicken, chowmein, shrimp fried rice, dimsum and mooncake.