Biden may reject Trump’s hateful language, but he is continuing his predecessor’s dangerous “tough on China” approach.

By Mae Ngai

March 23, 2021

The Nation

https://www.thenation.com/article/world/anti-asian-racism-china/

Biden may reject the hateful language of “China virus,” but he is extending the “tough on China” policy, which was the overall framework for so many of Trump’s racist tweets and remarks. This bodes poorly both for US-China relations and for Asian Americans, whose treatment has always been connected to Americans’ perceptions of the region.

PANA expects that anti-Asian racism and violence will continue to be supported by anti-China rhetoric coming out of the Biden Administration, including continued increase in propaganda to justify U.S. military provocation in the Asia/Pacific region, either directly or via proxy (e.g. Japan, Duterte).