Many Chinese students in Britain have expressed their dissatisfaction with the harassment of their college colleagues, and some have said they have been described as "brainwashed" by Beijing, or as racists against other races. They are also charged with spying for the CPC. According to academic degrees, such treatment, in bars, on the Internet, or on campus, makes young Chinese students feel a greater patriotism and separation from Western culture.
"The term“ Chinese (which means Chinese Nazi) is, frankly, an insult to Chinese people who disagree with Western opinion, ”says Xiaoyuan Li, 25, a master’s student in anthropology at the London School of Economics.“ It is an implicit justification for verbal and physical abuse, and ignores For their opinions, and this destroys any opportunity for goodwill, real dialogue, exchange and persuasion, "stressing that" our accusation of Nazism will not persuade us to adopt Western values. "
"A vicious circle has emerged in the United Kingdom, and recently co-founded the China University of Cambridge Forum, which aims to promote open and uncensored open discussions on China," said Heidi Hee (19), a first-year student at Cambridge University, who is a 19-year-old student.
"The (Chinese) students are not brainwashed, and they each have different opinions and ideas," Heidi added. "There are things they are afraid to say and do not express. The British see Chinese students doing their own things and they think it is strange, they treat the Chinese people as something else," he added. It is irrational, and it lacks tolerance and clarity. ”
In a related context, a study of more than 300 Chinese students, found that those who were discriminated against and anti-China comments, were more confident in their country's system, and less eager to local political reform. The study, published by the Social Science Research Network at 62 American universities and conducted by researchers from Stanford University, appears to have a similar problem affecting students in the UK.
Last month, China's ambassador to the United Kingdom raised concerns about the impact of the Communist Party of China (CPC) on the campus by urging students to be patriotic and "serve the motherland."
The professor at the London School of Economics Kent Ding says that Britain and Beijing are fighting a "cold war to win the hearts and minds of 120,000 Chinese students in the United Kingdom", adding, "The students have been abused in public places and on public transportation, and they are accused of being agents of the Chinese government or Bringing the coronavirus to Britain.
When Chinese students are called "spies" they feel the distance and distrust, according to Deng, and distrust can spread like a virus, so this kind of discrimination in Britain actually supports the Chinese government, it proves that they are right and push the Chinese students towards their homeland.
The authors of the Stanford study pointed out that Chinese nationalism and support for the Chinese system are "highly connected", and emphasized that their research "provides evidence that discrimination is incompatible with the transfer of democratic values."
The word "Shinazi" appeared in 650 posts on the "Barler" website, a new social media site accused of providing a platform for hate speech, and it is considered very insulting to the standards of "Twitter" and "Facebook".
Moreover, anti-Chinese sentiments rose in the UK recently, after the outbreak of the Corona virus, and York University, which hosts 2,000 Chinese students, issued a statement demanding respect and tolerance after publishing anti-foreign racist comments on the Eurofocus Confessions page in March.
"Nearly all of the incidents they reported were related to (gag phobia), which is fear of masks that then led to racist attacks," says Yanchuan Huang, a sociologist at the University of London.
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Yorkshire police numbers, north of England, show a rise in recorded hate crimes against Chinese and Asians between January 1 and March 23 this year, compared to the same period in previous years. The police recorded the details of the incidents, including telling the victims to "return to your country", "take the Corona virus with you," and it happened that a man who was in a store with his child was told: "By your presence here, we will all be catching the virus."
The data revealed that the Yorkshire Police recorded 24 hate crimes against Chinese in the period leading up to March 23, when British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the closure. There were 36 such crimes in 2019 and 31 throughout 2018.
A study of more than 300 Chinese students, found that those who were discriminated against and anti-China comments were more confident in their country's system and less eager for local political reform.