Recent Violence Against Asian Americans Highlights Fatal Difference Between the CCP and Chinese People

Recent Violence Against Asian Americans Highlights Fatal Difference Between the CCP and Chinese People
NYPD officers hand out information about hate crimes in Asian communities New York City, on March 17, 2021. David Dee Delgado/Getty Images
Eric Chen
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The recent spate of violence against Asian Americans, accentuated by the shootings in Atlanta, which cost eight lives, including six Asian women, among them four of Korean descent, stunned the entire country. It is sending each of us in the Asian American community to search for our true identity and our future in this land we call home. The atmosphere is palpably nervous; a friend living in Atlanta called to inform me that he was planning to move to Thailand for a few years.

Eric Chen
Eric Chen
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Eric Chen was born and brought up in China during the Cultural Revolution. A participant in China’s pro-democracy movement in 1989, he currently lives in Northern California and regularly offers his views on Sino-U.S. relationship based on his long-term experience in both countries.
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