Rising Hate Against AAPI Communities
✅ FACT: 2024 was one of the worst years for anti-Asian hate crimes on record – the third highest amount of Asian American hate crime incidents in history.
Additionally, almost 40% of AAPI adults who were harmed said they didn’t tell anyone about it, and many didn’t report their experience to authorities, pointing to how pervasive and under-addressed the issue remains.
✅ FACT: About half (53%) of AAPI adults surveyed experienced a hate act in 2024 due to their race, ethnicity, or nationality. Learn more here.
What is the China Initiative?
The China Initiative, launched in 2018 under the Trump administration, was a racially biased and deeply flawed program that unfairly targeted Chinese and Chinese American scholars. Meant to "prevent espionage," it targeted any individuals with ties to China, most often with no evidence of wrongdoing. The program fueled anti-Asian discrimination, created a climate of fear in academia, and ruined countless careers. Very few convictions were made, yet countless scientists suffered permanent professional and personal harm.
While the China Initiative was disbanded under Biden on account of its blatant racism, the current Trump administration is attempting to revive it.
Tell Congress to Vote NO on the New Chinese Exclusion Act!
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📰 Empires Eat Themselves: Trump’s Absurd War on Education
🎥 Manufacturing Enemies: The US Government's Targeting of Asian Americans
MORE WEBINARS
🎥 The Effect on Asian Americans - Pathways to Peace: China is Not Our Enemy | Humanity Rising - Watch this Pathways to Peace episode on the toll the war on China is taking on Asian Americans.
🎥 Dragon Ladies, Sex, Nuclear Weapons, and Death Webinar - Three young Asian American organizers discuss the interconnections between the fetishization of Asian women, racialized violence, and US imperialist warmongering on a transnational level.
🎥 US Foreign Policy Towards China and Its Impact on Racism Against Asians Nationally and in Boston - Watch this webinar that breaks down the link between American militarism and anti-Asian hate, co-sponsored by the US-China Peoples Friendship Association and the Institute for Asian American Studies, University of Massachusetts – Boston.
🎥 China Is Not Our Enemy with Danny Haiphong - Journalist Danny Haiphong discusses how the cold war on China not only builds on anti-Asian racism but also amplifies it in contemporary American society.
🎥 No Cold War Britain Rally: Stop Asian Hate - Rising Racism and the New Cold War - Labor, anti-racist, and anti-war activists, as well as speakers in the Asian diaspora, talk about the need to build an international movement against anti-Asian hate.
🎥 Teach-in: Navigating Chinese American Politics - China Is Not Our Enemy volunteer Zhou Hongyi delivers a presentation in Los Angeles on Chinese American politics, history and demands for social justice.
Take Action Now!
✊ Demand UMichigan Protect Its Chinese Students and Scholars!
✊ Tell Congress to Vote NO on the New Chinese Exclusion Act!
✊ Ask Congress: Where Is Your Outrage? Why Are You Not Investigating the Inhumane Deportations?
CASE FILES: Anti-China Hysteria
Below are a few of the many victims of the ongoing anti-China, anti-Asian hysteria that has continued to inflict violence and harm on the AAPI community.
Dr. Jane Wu
Dr. Yunqing Jian
Chinese postdoctoral researcher at the University of Michigan, Dr. Yunqing Jian, was accused of bringing the fungus Fusarium graminearum into the U.S. without proper authorization and was sensationally labeled an “agroterrorist.” The fungus is common in U.S. agriculture, and there was no evidence she intended to harm crops or the public, making the charges politically exaggerated. During the trial, Jian reportedly cried throughout, faced immense stress, and incurred extremely high legal fees.
A DEEPER LOOK: THE CASE OF DR. YUNQING JIAN
📰 Read plant mycology expert Joshua Webb's letter to the University of Michigan on the lack of scientific evidence for the claims against Dr. Yunqing Jian.
Dr. Chengxuan Han
Dr. Chengxuan Han, a Chinese PhD student at the University of Michigan, was arrested for sending roundworms through the mail. Normally, such minor mistakes might result in a small fine, but she was jailed for months, brought to trial, and had her academic career effectively ruined.
Dr. Anming Hu
Dr. Anming Hu, Chinese‑Canadian associate professor at the University of Tennessee, was charged with wire fraud and making false statements for allegedly hiding his affiliation with a Chinese university. UoT suspended him without pay and terminated his tenure. However, he was later acquitted of all charges after a judge found there was no real evidence. But the damage was already done.
Prof. Gang Chen
Prof. Gang Chen, nanotechnology engineer at MIT, was charged in 2021 for allegedly concealing ties to Chinese institutions in his grant applications. Once again, prosecutors dropped all charges, admitting there was no proof. Chen called the experience “terrifying” and “traumatic.”
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