(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) Racial Discrimination Issues Overseas Chinese Media Calling for Rights
China News Agency, Beijing, June 7 (Reporter Ma Xiuxiu) "In general, Chinese media promotes tolerance and integration of Chinese people into the local community and contributes to the local community." Yin Ling, chairman of the Canadian Seven-day Cultural Media, said that if you encounter ethnicity Discrimination, Chinese media also called on everyone to bravely resist and express concerns and protests in different forms.
On May 31, at the Hermann Platz Square in the New Kolen District of Berlin, Germany, people took masks and raised their hands in slogans to protest.
Recently, the American African-American man George Floyd has been fermented by police violent law enforcement deaths. Anti-racial discrimination demonstrations have escalated in many places in the United States, and protests have also erupted in Canada, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, and Germany. Accompanying this, the discrimination against Asian groups overseas has also intensified under the New Coronary Pneumonia epidemic. In an interview with a China News Agency reporter, many overseas Chinese media people expressed their hope that by following up on reports of Freud-related incidents in a timely manner, they would guide Chinese Americans to speak up and defend their rights when facing racial discrimination.
In the daily WeChat push, Canada Seven Days Media timely updated the demonstrations that took place in the United States and Canada. According to Yin Ling, the "Seven Days" newspaper published an in-depth article titled "Protesting and Demonstrating the Circulation of Racial Discrimination", which was also reposted on the Seven Days website, WeChat, Twitter account, etc.
"Canada is a multi-ethnic community, and racial discrimination occurs from time to time." Yin Ling told reporters that since the epidemic, discrimination against Asians has increased, including rollovers, language violence, and deliberate distortion of facts. "Respond in a timely manner to similar situations and explain as clearly as possible."
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States held the first official memorial service for Freud on the afternoon of 4th local time. All the participants stood in silence for 8 minutes and 46 seconds. The picture shows the Freud memorial service site.
Over the years, the Canadian Seven Days Media has followed up on racial discrimination issues in a timely manner. Yin Ling said that two years ago, there was an incident of Chinese descent in Toronto, and protest demonstrations were also held in Ottawa, Montreal, Toronto and other places. Seven-day reporters went deep into the scene and sent out multiple videos and text news. At the same time, the organizers of the event were invited to the seven-day studio to debate racial discrimination.
"Chinese people are accustomed to being silent when they are abroad." Yin Ling said that the Chinese media called on everyone to speak out and hope that this will lead to the introduction of corresponding laws to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of Asian groups including overseas Chinese.
On the same day as the Freud tragedy, Johnson, an African-American man in Phoenix, Arizona, was also shot dead by a cavalry patrol and law enforcement. The two things fermented together, leading to Arizona African and Latino demonstrations on the streets. For related incidents, the "Asian Times" in the United States follows up on daily reports on multiple platforms such as paper media and websites.
"The role of the media cannot be ignored." Zhen Kaiying, president of the "Asian Times", told reporters that after the outbreak, there have been reports of Asian people being bullied by other ethnic languages. "By reporting on racial discrimination, the "Asian Times" always reminds readers to take up legal weapons to protect themselves."
In the epidemic situation, although the paper version of the "British-Chinese Times" was temporarily suspended, its website and new media followed up on the Freud incident in a timely manner.
"From a news perspective, discrimination against Asian groups including overseas Chinese has indeed increased due to the epidemic." Wang Donglei, editor-in-chief of The China Times, said that Southeast Asian students had been beaten on the streets of London and Chinese restaurants Malicious graffiti, etc.
"It is useful to speak out when encountering racial discrimination." Wang Donglei expressed his hope that by focusing on Freud-related incidents, he appealed to ethnic minorities, including overseas Chinese, to pay attention to the issue of racial discrimination. (Finish)