The racist angle behind China coronavirus epidemic

The World Health Organization says it does not recommend trade and travel restrictions in the wake of the new coronavirus outbreak.
But that has not stopped at least 22 countries from imposing some form of travel restrictions on people coming from China.
That includes the United States, Israel, the Philippines, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, New Zealand and North Korea; Indonesia and Iraq have issued temporary travel bans on people travelling or transiting from the mainland.
China's neighbours like Russia, Mongolia and Nepal are closing their borders and checkpoints, while others are introducing stricter controls.
Singapore, Vietnam, Russia, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Kazakhstan and Mozambique have temporarily stopped issuing visas to Chinese nationals.
And nearly 40 airlines from across the world have stopped or partially suspending operations to and from China.
Something else appears to be spreading fast to communities big and small, due to ignorance and misinformation.
Al Jazeera's Andrew Chappelle has more.

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[rtsvangirayi]

But that’s how they treat black people in China—double standards

[Abraham_Tsfaye]

There are tens of thousands of Chinese here in my country Ethiopia. So I got to know them well.
The Chinese are quite hypocritical in this. They would be the first in the world to do it to others.

[kobenalg]

When Ebola broke out in Africa

Did you people talk about any racism towards Africans...no

[damn]

I’m half Chinese.
Last night I was on a flight with two Chinese women wearing a mask and coughing.
I asked the stewardess to move me to a different seat.

I GUESS I’M RACIST 🤷🏻‍♂️

[wendyadomako-ansah]

It’s soo annoying to hear these Chinese claiming to be racially abused when in China they see a black guy and spit with that annoying sound

[stacyannwalker]

How can it be racism? People are trying to protect themselves

[pacificndondo]

Asian people especially Chinese will feel that feeling Africans felt the time of Ebola outbreak. It was very hard for an African to travel. And the stereotypes came along

[rdvoidmen]

It's racist to be scared now for their life. Beautiful world 😁

[markfeye]

China: YOU DO NOT NEED TO EAT EVERYTHING THAT MOVES AND HAS A PULSE.

[tarik]

interview at 1:50 made me think of how koreans and japanese would move away from black people on the trains, and there was no health reasons. hmmmm

[FatalistCatalist]

It's racist to take precautions against contracting a deadly disease.

[henryxty]

Am a black man from west Africa living in Europe, I go through this thing this guys are calling racism every day, going to work and so forth, , even once from a Chinese woman in Zurich, welcome to the world, , and pls don't complain too much cause it's an insult to us black people, ,

[paulzuri]

Maybe Chinese will show more empathy on how they treat foreigners. Especially Black foreigners.
Now you know how it feels.

[evogreenrow]

Self preservation.
Not ignorance and racism.
Let's not have another 1918.

[mulkmm]

Ask a Muslim and black we’ve been through this road is not new to us racism we are experiencing every single day

[jamesnewton]

It's not racist to close the boarders BUT it is racist to cover your face just because someone who looks Chinese walked into the room or sat next to you.

[jf-px]

The media never wastes an opportunity to be slap the racism label on anything.

[karenvickery]

The perspective is this.... 100’s of thousands of people die from the flu each year, yet China doesn’t shut down entire cities full of millions of people each flu season!!! So something far more serious is going on in China!

[Dusty_Memes]

No matter what race, if anyone coughs near me, I’m covering my face bruh

[oliurrahman]

Now every Chinese will know how the uyghurs feel