People queue to buy protective masks at a medical supplies store in Manila. Photo: AFP

Coronavirus: outbreak exposes anti-Chinese sentiment in the Philippines

Ethnic Chinese organisations in the country have called for calm amid an uptick in ‘anti-China racist stereotypes and xenophobic attacks’
Meanwhile, President Rodrigo Duterte has come in for criticism thanks to his earlier refusal to impose a total ban on Chinese visitors

Topic | The Philippines

Raissa Robles

Published: 9:39pm, 2 Feb, 2020

Updated: 9:47pm, 2 Feb, 2020

People queue to buy protective masks at a medical supplies store in Manila. Photo: AFP

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Raissa Robles

Raissa Robles has written for the SCMP since 1996. A freelance journalist specialising in politics, international relations, business and Muslim rebellion, she has contributed to Reuters, the Economist Intelligence Unit, Daily Mail, Times of London, Radio Netherlands and Asiaweek. She runs the award-winning investigative and opinion blog, raissarobles.com. Her book, Marcos Martial Law: Never Again, a brief history of the dictatorship won the 2017 National Book Awards for Non-Fiction. Her Twitter handle is @raissawriter.