Xenophobia Rising in China Due to Coronavirus - Even Against People With Blue Eyes!

In a recent article in the Guardian, it was reported that xenophobia in China is on the rise, and not just against African immigrants. They are also scorning Europeans with "blue eyes."  The article aptly titled, "They see my blue eyes then jump back' – China sees a new wave of xenophobia Fears rise that Beijing is stoking mistrust of foreigners as part of an attempt to rebuild a reputation tarnished by the coronavirus crisis" goes on to explain how foreigners from Ireland and the UK are having trouble accessing restaurants, hotels, gyms and shops. One person explained that when people see his blue eyes, they "jump a foot back."

The xenophobia is not only directed toward Europeans as the article also cites instances where people of African descent (notably a geographic location that, for the moment-  as things could quickly change for the worse when this virus completes its cycle - seems to have fewer outbreaks of Covid 19 than the rest of the global population) are being denied entry into restaurants - or at a minimum, are being kept waiting an inordinate amount of time. 
The author writes, "An African couple in Beijing were made to wait for two hours at a restaurant before a worker let slip that they were not supposed to allow in heiren – 'black people'” Be that as it may, Africans and people of African descent have historically been ostracized in most countries and places and this is somewhat commonplace and normalized to the point that very few people are shocked or outraged when that happens. What is different is when Europeans and people with "blue eyes" are likewise treated with this type of scorn. This is new, and therefore strange and it raises red flags for everyone concerned.

The article suggests that Chinese officials are encouraging an anti-foreigner sentiment in its population and is attempting to blame foreigners for the global Coronavirus pandemic that originated in Wuhan China.  The author writes, "A recent online article, under an image of ship stacked with refuse being pushed away from China’s coast, was headlined: 'Beware of a second outbreak started by foreign garbage.'”

Could this virus be a precursor to something much worse and completely unthinkable in the world? Are we on the beginning brink of a world confrontation? Especially when you read that contemporaneous to all of this happening, the leader of North Korea Kim Jung Un launched two short-range ballistic missiles into East Sea?

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