Fears over the novel coronavirus epidemic have led to a surge in racially motivated attacks abroad
Taiwan News
Date: 2020/02/07
By: Ching-Tse Cheng, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
Taiwanese students have been picked on in Russia due to coronavirus outbreak. (Pixabay photo)
Ever since the Wuhan virus started in December, there has been a rising number of coronavirus-related attacks on Asians in foreign countries. Following news of Chinese tourists being spat on in Italy, two Taiwanese students in Russia have shared their stories.
One of the students, surnamed Tsai (蔡), said he was attacked on a subway train in Moscow for wearing a mask and having Asian looks. He said he was picked on by a Russian male as soon as he entered the train compartment and was verbally assaulted.
Tsai said it seemed the man mistook him for being a Chinese national and called him a "virus." He added the man repeatedly struck him around the head while the other passengers watched on. [FULL STORY]
