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Letters

I refer to the article by Chi Wang, “Welcome no longer: how, under Trump, the American dream is now out of reach for Chinese immigrants” (October 18). I ask Mr Wang, when did Donald Trump ever speak of Chinese-Americans with “hate and scorn”? Even “fake news” CNN never claimed US President Trump spoke ill of Chinese-Americans.
Citing what he claims happened to him, Mr Wang implies that any past prejudice against Chinese-Americans as a whole was merely benign, motivated out of “curiosity and ignorance”. He wants readers to think that prejudice was an invention of Donald Trump.
In the 1970s, in grade school, I was sometimes, without any prompting, told to “go back to China”. By the 1980s, I had to at least get into an argument before hearing such comments. Now, luckily, such comments are rare. So things are getting better, not worse.
John Chiu, Chai Wan


Donald Trump did not invent racism against Chinese in America: and things are actually getting better

Students applaud as visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks at Lincoln High School in Tacoma, Washington, in September 2015. Photo: Reuters

Why Chinese students in America should care about how they – and China – are perceived

Opinion

Graduates of Columbia University in New York celebrate in May this year. The number of Chinese students in the US has steadily increased over the years. They now exceed 325,000. Photo: Xinhua

CIA Director Gina Haspel addresses the audience as part of the McConnell Center Distinguished Speaker Series at the University of Louisville, Monday, Sept. 24, 2018, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 25: People take part in the Chinese Lunar New Year parade in Chinatown on February 25, 2018 in New York City. The Chinese New Year parade is one of the biggest spectacles of Chinatown in NYC, also known as The Lunar New Year, it is based on the moon's cycle and commemorates the beginning of Spring. this year is the year of the dog.  Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images/AFP